Description
"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
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, A Lesson Before Dying is 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.
From the critically acclaimed author of A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.
Details
Author: |
Ernest J. Gaines |
ISBN 10: |
0375702709 |
Pages: |
272 |
Publisher: |
Vintage |
Publication Date: |
September 28, 1997 |
Binding: |
Paperback |
Weight: |
0.45lbs |
