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A Lesson Before Dying

by Gaines, Ernest J.

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Book Overview NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - A deep and compassionate novel about a young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to visit ...
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

Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 272 | Language: English | Publisher: VINTAGE | ISBN: 0375702709
FormatPaperback
Pages272
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0375702709
EAN9780375702709
PublisherVINTAGE
Publication Date1997-09-19
Edition1
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.45 Pounds
Length7.9 Inches
Width5.2 Inches
Height0.7 Inches
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