{"product_id":"ernestj-gainesalessonbeforedyinganovel","title":"Ernest J. Gaines - A Lesson Before Dying","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Ernest J. Gaines. Themes include Fiction, African American \u0026amp; Black, Historical, Family Life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An instant classic.\" —\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA “majestic, moving novel...an instant classic, a book that will be read, discussed and taught beyond the rest of our lives\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune), \u003c\/i\u003efrom the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eA Gathering of Old Men \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Lesson Before Dying \u003c\/i\u003ereconfirms Ernest J. Gaines's position as an important American writer.\u003ci\u003e\" —Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eEnormously moving.... Gaines unerringly evokes the place and time about which he writes\u003ci\u003e.\" —Los Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A quietly moving novel [that] takes us back to a place we've been before to impart a lesson for living.” —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57934893678966,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/5197.jpg?v=1779453408","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/ernestj-gainesalessonbeforedyinganovel","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}