A lesson before dying, by Ernest J. Gaines
Type
Label
A lesson before dying, by Ernest J. Gaines
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
A lesson before dying
Responsibility statement
by Ernest J. Gaines
Summary
Set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s, A Lesson Before Dying is a novel of one man condemned to die for a crime he did not commit and a young man who visits him in his cell. In the end, the two men forge a bond as they both come to understand the simple heroism of resisting--and defying--the expected
Target audience
adult