num_pages: 318
description: Forty-odd years after its original publication, Agee's last novel seems, more than ever, a true American classic. The portrayals of day-to-day family relationships and the effects of a man's sudden, accidental death on his wife and young son are deeply felt, sensitively told, powerful and poignant.
language: English
title: A Death In Family
titlecomplete: A Death In 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: Putnam Adult