num_pages: 334
description: A collection of stories by the author of A Visitation of Spirits features tales of a boy with the gift to receive messages from the grave, a widow's transformation after a weekend affair with a teenager, and others. 10,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Let the Dead Bury Their Dead and Other Stories
titlecomplete: Let the Dead Bury Their Dead and Other Stories
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: Harcourt