A Lesson Before Dying
(Sprache: Englisch)
Award-winning classic novel of prejudice, community and what it means to be a man in the American South. New edition with an introduction by Attica Locke.
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Award-winning classic novel of prejudice, community and what it means to be a man in the American South. New edition with an introduction by Attica Locke.
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An Oprah Book Club selectionWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize
In a small Cajun community in the late 1940s, a young black man named Jefferson witnesses a liquor store shootout in which three men are killed. The only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death.
Gaines explores the deep prejudice of the American South in the tradition of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird and Toni Morrison's Beloved. A Lesson Before Dying is a richly compassionate and deeply moving novel, the story of a young black man sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit, and a teacher who hopes to ease his burden before the execution.
Autoren-Porträt von Ernest J. Gaines
Ernest J. Gaines was born on a plantation in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, which is the Bayonne of all his fictional works. His novels include The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Of Love and Dust, Catherine Carmier, Bloodline, A Gathering of Old Men and In My Father's House.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Ernest J. Gaines
- 2015, 256 Seiten, Maße: 12,8 x 19,8 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Profile Books
- ISBN-10: 1846687861
- ISBN-13: 9781846687860
- Erscheinungsdatum: 04.06.2015
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „A Lesson Before Dying “
"'Ernest J. Gaines has created a powerful and loving portrait of a small, mainly cane-cutting community... A transcendent and heartfelt novel of redemption' - Guardian 'This is a fine and decent book that lives in the memory for its elegance and sadnesss... like the best country songs, straight and true, unafraid of sentiment and written for the people it depicts, not simply about them' - Independent 'A narrative of the deep pain of the south... Gaines writes from the blues and his novel has redemptive power' - Morning Star"
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