Death in the family

Two years after the death of its author at the age of forty-five, "A Death in the Family" received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1958, and until now, after more than sixty years, remains a literary masterpiece. A semi-autobiographical novel embodying the tragedy of losing a father like no other novel. Jay Follett rushes back to his home in Knoxville, Tennessee, and is killed in a car accident — a tragedy that not only ends a life but also destroys family happiness and warm love in the small family home. A novel that carries within it courage, poetic vigor, and overwhelming emotion; a novel that is an icon in American literature. Year of publication 2020, by James, translated by Iman Asaad, publisher Taqweem Publications, 478 pages, paperback.