{"product_id":"a-lesson-before-dying-ernest-j-gaines-paperback","title":"A Lesson Before Dying -- Ernest J. Gaines, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An instant classic.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\n\nA \"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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Lesson Before Dying \u003c\/i\u003ereconfirms Ernest J. Gaines's position as an important American writer.\u003ci\u003e\" --Boston Globe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Enormously moving.... Gaines unerringly evokes the place and time about which he writes\u003ci\u003e.\" --Los Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\n\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ernest J. Gaines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\/28\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.9\" H x 5.2\" L x 0.7\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780375702709\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51740857467179,"sku":"9780375702709","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780375702709_af7c8874-53dc-49be-b9a3-8c704245f1dc.jpg?v=1774823424","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/a-lesson-before-dying-ernest-j-gaines-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}