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A Lesson Before Dying is Ernest J. Gaines' eighth novel, published in 1993. It was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and won the National Book Critics Circle Award.
- Ernest J. Gaines
- 1993
Jan 1, 1993 · A Lesson Before Dying is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwitting party to a liquor store shoot out in which three men are killed; the only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death.
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- Paperback
- Ernest J. Gaines
Learn about the novel by Ernest J. Gaines, set in Louisiana in the 1940s, about a Black man on death row and his teacher. Find plot summary, character analysis, quotes, and more study tools.
About A Lesson Before Dying. 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.
- Ernest J. Gaines
- Paperback
Sep 1, 1994 · A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah's Book Club) Paperback – Enhanced, September 1, 1994. 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.
- Ernest J. Gaines
- $9.49
- Vintage
A Lesson Before Dying is a novel by Ernest J. Gaines about a black teacher who tries to help a condemned man face his death with dignity. The novel explores themes of racism, justice, and identity in the American South.
Jan 20, 2004 · 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...
