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Vintage Contemporaries Ser.: A Lesson Before Dying : A Novel by Ernest J. Gaines
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Novel
- ISBN
- 9780375702709
- Book Title
- Lesson before Dying : a Novel
- Item Length
- 8in
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Family Life, African American / General, African American / Historical, Historical
- Item Width
- 5.2in
- Item Weight
- 7.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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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
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375702709
ISBN-13
9780375702709
eBay Product ID (ePID)
380034
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lesson before Dying : a Novel
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Family Life, African American / General, African American / Historical, Historical
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
7.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3557.A355l47
Reviews
"This majestic, moving novel is an instant classic, a book that will be read, discussed and taught beyond the rest of our lives." -- Chicago Tribune " 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, "This majestic, moving novel is an instant classic, a book that will be read, discussed and taught beyond the rest of our lives." -- Chicago Tribune " 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, "This majestic, moving novel is an instant classic, a book that will be read, discussed and taught beyond the rest of our lives."- Chicago Tribune " 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, "This majestic, moving novel is an instant classic, a book that will be read, discussed and taught beyond the rest of our lives."-Chicago Tribune "A Lesson Before Dyingreconfirms 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
Copyright Date
1993
Lccn
93-042201
Dewey Decimal
813.54
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
Dewey Edition
21
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