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Let the dead bury their dead : and other stories /

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This remarkable collection of twelve short stories is about the diverse folk--black and white, young and old, rich and poor, rural and sophisticated--who live in the eastern North Carolina town of Tims Creek. Among the memorable characters are Clarence Pickett, who at age three began receiving messa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kenan, Randall (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993.
Edition:First Harvest edition.
Series:Harvest American writing.
Subjects:
North Carolina > Fiction.
North Carolina.
North Carolina > Social life and customs > Fiction.
Short stories.
Fiction.
Table of Contents:
  • Clarence and the dead
  • Things of this world; or Angels unawares
  • The foundations of the earth
  • The origin of whales
  • Cornsilk
  • The strange and tragic ballad of Mabel Pearsall
  • This far; or A body in motion
  • Run, mourner, run
  • What are days?
  • Ragnarök! The day the gods die
  • Tell me, tell me
  • Let the dead bury their dead.