num_pages: 150
description: In the tradition of Michael Cunningham's The Hours , a beautiful novel destined to become a classicReeling from the recent death of his invalid mother, a worn, jaded professor comes to our nation's capital to recuperate from his loss. What he finds there--in his repressed, lonely landlord, in the city's mood and architecture, and in the letters and journals of Mary Todd Lincoln--shows him new, poignant truths about America, yearning, loneliness, and mourning itself.Since Andrew Holleran first burst onto the scene with 1978's groundbreaking Dancer from the Dance , which has been continuously in print, he has been dazzling readers and critics with his haunting, brilliant prose. The Publishing Triangle ranks Dancer from the Dance at #15 on its list of the 100 best lesbian and gay novels ever, along with titles by Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf. A new Andrew Holleran book is a major literary event; with Grief , Holleran is poised to reach a wider audience than ever before.
language: English
title: Grief: A Novel
titlecomplete: Grief: A Novel
genres: Fiction, American, Death, Queer, LGBT, Gay Fiction, Literature, Novels, Literary Fiction, Gay
ratings_count: 968
places: Washington, D.C.
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Stonewall Book Award
category: Literature
publisher: Hachette Books