Let the Dead Bury Their Dead (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Randall Kenan
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Time of Work: Primarily the twentieth century
- Setting: Tims Creek, North Carolina
- Principal Characters: Clarence Pickett, John Edgar Stokes, Henrietta Williams, Aaron Streeter, Mabel Pearsall, Booker T. Washington, Dean Williams, Lena Walker, Reverend Barden, Ida Perry, Reginald Kain, Pharaoh
- Genres: Short fiction, Magical Realism
- Subjects: African Americans, Discrimination, Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Supernatural, Spiritual life or spirituality, Ministry or ministers, Violence, Blackmail, North Carolina, Death or dying
- Locales: North Carolina, Tims Creek, NC
The Stories
Let the Dead Bury Their Dead is a series of loosely related short stories all set in Tims Creek, North Carolina, the fictional predominantly black rural town Randall Kenan first explored in his novel A Visitation of Spirits (1989). Besides being linked by a setting, the characters in these stories are also linked by a vague search for meaning, particularly in spiritual beliefs and, not infrequently, in sexual desire. Because many of these characters have lived lives that have forced them to suppress any personal search for spiritual or sexual...
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