Let the Dead Bury Their Dead
#1248 of 8,085 books · #651 in Fiction
Shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (1992) and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (1992).
This collection of short stories, brought together in the style of a novel, brings to life the hopes and fears of the people of Tims Creek, North Carolina from the time of slavery up to the present day.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN-13
- 9780349107127
- Genre
- Topics
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for FictionShortlistedMajor(1992)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for FictionShortlistedMajor(1992)
Other awarded books from Randall Kenan
- If I Had Two Wings (2020)0 wins · 4 score
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