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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Serpent's Tail Classics
ISBN-10
1846687861
ISBN-13
9781846687860
Edition
Main - Classic edition
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Imprint
Serpent's Tail
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 4th, 2015
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
198 grams
Dimensions
19.80 x 14.30 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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A novel of prejudice, community and what it means to be a man in the American South. It explores the deep prejudice of the American South in the tradition of Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" and Toni Morrison's "Beloved". It is the story of a young black man sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit.
An Oprah Book Club selectionWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for FictionNominated for a Pulitzer PrizeIn 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. Gaines explores the deep prejudice of the American South in the tradition of Harper Lee''s To Kill A Mockingbird and Toni Morrison''s Beloved. A Lesson Before Dying 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.
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