num_pages: 348
description: Set in North Carolina, these are stories about blacks and whites, young and old, rural and sophisticated, the real and fantastical. Named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, nominated for the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award, and given the Lambda Award.
language: English
title: Let The Dead Bury Their Dead
titlecomplete: Let The Dead Bury Their Dead (Harvest American Writing Series)
genres: Fiction, American, Short Stories, LGBT, African American Literature, Contemporary, Southern, Literary Fiction, Race, African American
ratings_count: 670
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Ferro-Grumley Award
category: Gay Fiction, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Men's Fiction, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Mariner Books Classics