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The Gravedigger

BY Peter Grandbois

5-1/2 x 7-3/4 in; 256 pp ;
Paperback
Published in April, 2007
ISBN 0811858189
ISBN13 9780811858182

$13.95  

The Gravedigger -- "Reminiscent of the work of Luis Alberto Urrea and Gabriel García Márquez” (Booklist), this enchanting first novel—now in paperback—was an Original Voices feature at Borders and a Discover Great New Writers selection at Barnes & Noble. Juan Rodrigo, a gravedigger in a small Andalusian village, hears the voices of the dead and tells their stories to the living—a job that turns out to have both rewards and dangers in a magical place where spirits and people coexist harmoniously, and where readers will linger with delight.

Peter Grandbois lives in Davis, California, and is a professor of Creative Writing and Contemporary Literature at Sacramento State University. This is his first novel.

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"A thoroughly engaging novel, full of beauty and charm." —Rocky Mountain News