A Lesson before Dying
By Ernest J. Gaines"This majestic, moving novel is an instant classic, a book that will be read, discussed and taught beyond the rest of our lives."--Chicago Tribune
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, A Lesson Before Dying is a deep and compassionate novel about a young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to visit a black youth on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting. From the critically acclaimed author of A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.
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Book details
- Paperback
- 256 pages
- English
- 0375702709
- 9780375702709
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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