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A Lesson Before Dying (Uncorrected Proof)

A Lesson Before Dying (Uncorrected Proof)

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A Lesson Before Dying (Uncorrected Proof)

by GAINES, Ernest J

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ISBN 10
0679414770
ISBN 13
9780679414773
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. National Book Critics Circle Award winning novel. The basis for a movie with Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson and Mekhi Phifer. A fine and tight copy in a printed wrappers. Much less ommon in the proof state than the advanced reading copy.

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A Lesson Before Dying was published in 1993 by author Ernest J. Gaines. This novel provides a glimpse into the Jim Crow South between WWII and leading up to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Grant is the only formally-educated black man in the area and is frustrated over the limitations set upon him because of the color of his skin, as well as the overwhelming obligations to use his knowledge to help his townspeople. It is based on the true story of Willie Francis, a young black American man best known for surviving a failed execution by a malfunctioned electrocution in the state of Louisiana, during 1945 and 1947. It was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1993. It was also the October 1997 choice of Oprah's Book Club.

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Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA US (US)
Seller's Inventory #
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Title
A Lesson Before Dying (Uncorrected Proof)
Author
GAINES, Ernest J
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0679414770
ISBN 13
9780679414773
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1993
Keywords
Literature

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