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The classic American novel, re-published for the 100th anniversary
of James Agee's birth
Published in 1957, two years after its author's death at the age of
forty-five, "A Death in the Family" remains a near-perfect work of
art, an autobiographical novel that contains one of the most
evocative depictions of loss and grief ever written. As Jay Follet
hurries back to his home in Knoxville, Tennessee, he is killed in a
car accident?a tragedy that destroys not only a life, but also the
domestic happiness and contentment of a young family. A novel of
great courage, lyric force, and powerful emotion, "A Death in the
Family" is a masterpiece of American literature.
In the summer of 1936, James Agee and Walker Evans set out on assignment for Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and a watershed literary event when in 1941 LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN was first published to enormous critical acclaim. This unsparing record of place, of the people who shaped the land, and of the rhythm of their lives was called intensely moving and unrelentingly honest, and is "renowned for its fusion of social conscience and artistic radicality" (New York Times). Today it stands as a poetic tract of its time, recognized by the New York Public Library as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century. With an elegant new design as well as a sixty-four-page photographic prologue of Evans's classic images, reproduced from archival negatives, this sixtieth anniversary edition reintroduces the legendary author and photographer to a new generation.
NReluctant Words is an anthology of the unpublished works of James
Agee Jr. There is something for everyone to enjoy in this book.
Literature, art, and photography make up the contents of this book.
Published in 1957, two years after its author's death at the age of
forty-five, A Death in the Family remains a near-perfect work of
art, an autobiographical novel that contains one of the most
evocative depictions of loss and grief ever written. As Jay Follet
hurries back to his home in Knoxville, Tennessee, he is killed in a
car accident - a tragedy that destroys not only a life, but also
the domestic happiness and contentment of a young family. A novel
of great courage, lyric force, and powerful emotion, A Death in the
Family is a masterpiece of American literature.
In the summer of 1936, Agee and Evans set out on assignement for
Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the
South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and
a watershed literary event when in 1941 Let Us Now Praise Famous
Men was first published to enourmous critical acclaim. This
unspairing record of place, of the people who shaped the land, and
of the rhythm of their lives today stands as one of the most
influential books of the twentieth century.
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