Cards of Grief is a novel by Jane Yolen published in 1984.
Plot summary Cards of Grief is a novel in which an anthropologist from Earth falls in love with a native from a world where the custom of grieving is nearly an artform.
Reception Dave Langford reviewed Cards of Grief for White Dwarf #86, and stated that "the secrets and plot turns are merely sad, and Yolen's low, moaning narrative tone makes this not a punch book but a memorable one."
Reviews Review by Veronica M. S. Kennedy (1985) in Fantasy Review, June 1985https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2281 Review by Tom Easton (1985) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, July 1985 Review by Colin Bird (1987) in Paperback Inferno, #65 Review by Ken Brown (1987) in Interzone, #20 Summer 1987
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