num_pages: 256
description: "Reminiscent of the work of Luis Alberto Urrea and Gabriel Garcia Marquez" (Booklist), this enchanting first novel, now in paperback, was an Original Voices feature at Borders and a Discover Great New Writers selection at Barnes &amp; Noble. Juan Rodrigo, a gravedigger in a small Andalusian village, hears the voices of the dead and tells their stories to the living, a job that turns out to have both rewards and dangers in a magical place where spirits and people coexist harmoniously, and where readers will linger with delight.
language: English
title: The Gravedigger
titlecomplete: The Gravedigger
genres: Magical Realism, Ghosts, Fantasy, Research, Family, Spain, Fiction, Modern
ratings_count: 276
places: Andalusia
publisher: Chronicle Books