A Lesson Before Dying
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A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J Gaines
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER * 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."An instant classic." --Chicago Tribune
A "majestic, moving novel...an instant classic, a book that will be read, discussed and taught beyond the rest of our lives" (Chicago Tribune), from the critically acclaimed author of A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.
"A Lesson Before Dying reconfirms Ernest J. Gaines's position as an important American writer." --Boston Globe
"Enormously moving.... Gaines unerringly evokes the place and time about which he writes." --Los Angeles Times
"A quietly moving novel [that] takes us back to a place we've been before to impart a lesson for living." --San Francisco Chronicle
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780375702709 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375702709 |
| Title | A Lesson Before Dying |
| Author | Ernest J Gaines |
| Series | Vintage Contemporaries |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1997-09-28 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | Winner of National Book Critics Circle Awards., Winner of YALSA Best Books for Young Adults. |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |