A Lesson Before Dying book by Ernest J. Gaines
By Ernest J. GainesA Lesson Before Dying book by Ernest J. Gaines
In a small Cajun community in the late 1940s, a young black man named Jefferson is an unwitting party to a liquor store shootout in which three men are killed. The only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Gaines explores the deep prejudice of the American South in the tradition of Harper Lee?s To Kill A Mockingbird and Toni Morrison?s Beloved. A Lesson Before Dying is a richly compassionate and deeply moving novel, the story of a young black man sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit, and a teacher who seeks to share his wisdom before the execution. Published By on 2001
Book details
- Paperback
- 256 pages
- English
- 185242723X
- 9781852427238
About Ernest J. Gaines
ernest j. gaines was a novelist, short story writer, and teacher. born to a sharecropping family, ernest james gaines was picking cotton in the fields by a Read More about Ernest J. Gaines
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