A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J Gaines

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J Gaines

A Lesson Before Dying is a 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 tries to impart to him his learning and pride before the execution. 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. Grant Wlggins is the teacher at the plantation black school. As he struggles with his decision whether to stay or escape to another state, his aunt and Jefferson's godmother persuade him to visit Jefferson in his cell in an attempt to teach him to die like a man. The two men forge a bond as they both come to understand the simple heroism of resisting - and defying - the expected.

`Enormously moving..; Gaines unerringly evokes the place and time about which he writes'; Los Angeles Times

Ernest J Gaines was born on a plantation in Louisiana. His previous books include The Autobiography of Jane Pittman, A Gathering of Old Men, In My Father's House, A Long Day in November, Bloodline and Of Love and Dust. His is writer-in-residence at the University of Southwestern Louisiana.

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ISBN 13	9781852426170
ISBN 10	1852426179
Titel	A Lesson Before Dying
Autor	Ernest J Gaines
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Profile Books Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	1998-09-24
Seitenanzahl	256
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