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When I set out to write a book about the natural history of breasts, I knew I'd have to answer some awkward questions about my book topic. At a... Continue »
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A Lesson Before Dying

by Ernest J. Gaines

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From the author of A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman comes a deep and compassionate novel. A young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to teach visits a black youth on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting.

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About the Author

Ernest J. Gaines was born on a plantation in Pointe Coupee Parish, near New Roads, Louisiana, which is the Bayonne of all his fictional works.  His previous books include A Gathering of Old Men, In My Father's House, A Long Day in November, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Bloodline, Of Love and Dust, and Catherine Carmier. He divides his time between San Francisco and the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette, where he is writer-in-residence.

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ISBN:
9780679455615
Author:
Gaines, Ernest J.
Author:
Parr
Author:
Parr, Terence
Publisher:
Knopf Publishing Group
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Friendship
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Louisiana
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Historical fiction
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Death row inmates
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African American men
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General Fiction
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
1993
Series:
Oprah's Book Club
Series Volume:
2002-04
Binding:
HARDCOVER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
8.66x6.00x1.02 in. 1.02 lbs.
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