A Lesson Before Dying

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Beschreibung

<p>An Oprah Book Club selection<br>Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction<br>Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize<br><br>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. <br><br>Gaines explores the deep prejudice of the American South in the tradition of Harper Lee's <i>To Kill A Mockingbird</i> and Toni Morrison's <i>Beloved</i>. <i>A Lesson Before Dying</i> 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.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781846687860

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

198 x 128 x 22 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Verlag / Hersteller

Profile Books