A Lesson Before Dying
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2004
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Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Lexile measure:
750L
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Description
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
"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
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Street Date:
01/20/2004
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781400077700
ASIN:
B000FC0XSW
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 4.4, 11 Points
Level 4.4, 11 Points
Lexile measure:
750
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APA Citation (style guide)
Ernest J. Gaines. (2004). A Lesson Before Dying. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Ernest J. Gaines. 2004. A Lesson Before Dying. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Ernest J. Gaines, A Lesson Before Dying. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2004.
MLA Citation (style guide)Ernest J. Gaines. A Lesson Before Dying. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2004.
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"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.
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"An instant classic." —Chicago Tribune
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"A Lesson Before Dying reconfirms Ernest J. Gaines's position as an important American writer." —Boston Globe
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