A Lesson Before Dying: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 1400077702
- ISBN-13
- 9781400077700
- Series
- A Lesson Before Dying
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-01-20
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Ernest J. Gaines
Description
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. 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.
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