Ernest J. Gaines was an American novelist whose fiction drew on the people and history of rural Louisiana. His books include A Lesson Before Dying and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.
1 adaptation: A Lesson Before Dying · Series / TV · 1999
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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
Print · Knopf · 1993-03-23 · English ISBN 9780679414773
Print · Vintage Books · 1994 · English ISBN 9780679741664
Audiobook · Random House Audio · 2005-05-17 · English ISBN 9780739323670
eBook · Random House Digital Inc. · 2004-01-20 · English ISBN 9781400077700
Ernest J. Gaines was an American novelist whose fiction drew on the people and history of rural Louisiana. His books include A Lesson Before Dying and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.
Connected canonical Works reviewed: A Lesson Before Dying.
The retained bibliography connects this profile to A Lesson Before Dying. These title relationships remain candidate editorial evidence and do not create or alter canonical Works.
The research records National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction — winner — 1993 — A Lesson Before Dying; National Medal of Arts — recipient — 2012 — Ernest J. Gaines. Each item remains tied to its retained source for editorial verification.
Coverage retained for the profile includes NEA Big Read guide to A Lesson Before Dying: Retained critical_guide coverage linked to the exact author or connected Work.; Kirkus review of A Lesson Before Dying: Retained review coverage linked to the exact author or connected Work.; Publishers Weekly review of A Lesson Before Dying: Retained review coverage linked to the exact author or connected Work.; A Lesson Before Dying audio guide: Verified coverage about the exact author or Work; not represented as an author guest appearance..
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