num_pages: 320
description: On a sultry summer night in 1915, Jay Follet leaves his house in Knoxville, Tennessee, to tend to his father, who he believes is dying. The summons turns out to be a false alarm, but on his way back to his family, Jay has a car accident and is killed instantly. Dancing back and forth in time and braiding the viewpoints of Jay's wife, brother, and young son, Rufus, Agee creates an overwhelming powerful novel of innocence, tenderness, and loss that should be read for the sheer music of its prose.
language: English
title: A Death in the Family
titlecomplete: A Death in the Family
genres: Fiction, Family, American, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Southern, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 16129
places: Knoxville, Tennessee, Tennessee
awards: awardedAt: -378662400000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: -378662400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Bantam