Home :: Books :: Literature & Fiction  

Arts & Photography
Audio CDs
Audiocassettes
Biographies & Memoirs
Business & Investing
Children's Books
Christianity
Comics & Graphic Novels
Computers & Internet
Cooking, Food & Wine
Entertainment
Gay & Lesbian
Health, Mind & Body
History
Home & Garden
Horror
Literature & Fiction

Mystery & Thrillers
Nonfiction
Outdoors & Nature
Parenting & Families
Professional & Technical
Reference
Religion & Spirituality
Romance
Science
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Sports
Teens
Travel
Women's Fiction
Let the Dead Bury Their Dead (Harvest American Writing Series)

Let the Dead Bury Their Dead (Harvest American Writing Series)

List Price: $13.00
Your Price: $10.40
Product Info Reviews

<< 1 >>

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Classic, plain and simple
Review: I was lucky enough to have Randall Kenan as a teacher for a college fiction class, some seven years ago. I have read books by former teachers which I have not been enthralled with, and then there's Let The Dead Bury Their Dead. Seven years have gone by, and there are aspects of the stories contained in this collection that are never far from my mind. The elderly woman teacher, Mabel, who is going crazy. Mabel, Mabel, Mabel. The woman whose grandson dies, who then meets his lover, and struggles. The woman luxuriating in the bathtub, listening to Al Green sing Let's Stay Together, as she thinks of her young lover. One measure of a book is how it stays with you. I assume I will take Let The Dead Bury Their Dead to the grave.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Let The Dead Bury Their Dead
Review: The narration is like flowing poetry, and really takes you into the character's world! It's hard to put the book down and not want to keep reading more!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A wonderful book
Review: This author's writing style is mystical and is very entertaining. This book is a rare find. His cleaver use of the english language helps you get in tune with the characters. These short stories are captivating and I guarantee once you have finished you will be craving more!! An author that writes with this much passion and forethought is a rarity. You will not be disappointed.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A wonderful book
Review: What can I say? From the first story to the last (my favorite, a mesmerizing tale about a former slave who achieves a mythic quality to his life) this collection of stories is brilliant. It is a consistently inventive, intelligent, and passionate account of the fantastic, mystical, and ordinary lives in a small Southern town. Keep writing, Mr. Kenan. I, for one, await a follow-up to this book.


<< 1 >>

© 2004, ReviewFocus or its affiliates