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A Gathering of Old Men

A Gathering of Old Men - Paperback

by Ernest J. Gaines
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ernest J. GainesSeries:Vintage ContemporariesPublish date:1992-06-30Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780679738909ISBN-10:679738908UPC:9780679738909Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, African American & Black, HistoricalBook Topic:HistoricalSize:7.90 x 5.10 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SC76WXBQYA
A powerful depiction of racial tensions arising over the death of a Cajun farmer at the hands of a black man--set on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation in the 1970s.

The Village Voice called A Gathering of Old Men "the best-written novel on Southern race relations in over a decade."
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780679738909ISBN-10:679738908UPC:9780679738909Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, African American & Black, HistoricalBook Topic:HistoricalSize:7.90 x 5.10 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SC76WXBQYA
Ernest Gaines was born on a plantation in Pointe Coupée Parish near New Roads, Louisiana, which is the Bayonne of all his fictional works. He is writer-in-residence emeritus at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. In 1993 Gaines received the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship for his lifetime achievements. In 1996 he was named a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, one of France's highest decorations. He and his wife, Dianne, live in Oscar, Louisiana.
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