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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
From the Publisher
ASIN : 0375702709
Publisher : Vintage (September 1, 1994)
Language : English
Paperback : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780375702709
ISBN-13 : 978-0375702709
Lexile measure : 750L
Item Weight : 7.2 ounces
Dimensions : 5.16 x 0.57 x 7.98 inches
Customers say
Customers say the author brings his characters to life. They also describe the book as an insightful, historical classic, and one of the finest pieces of literature. Readers describe the emotional tone as incredibly sad. They find the content thought-provoking, real, and dealing with injustice. They describe the readability as very well written and simple. However, some customers feel the narrative is dull, hard to get through, and explicit.
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