Of Love and Dust - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ernest J. GainesSeries:Vintage ContemporariesPublish date:1994-05-31Pages:288
Languages:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780679752486ISBN-10:067975248XUPC:9780679752486Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, African American & Black, Family LifeSize:8.00 x 5.23 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.5Product ID:SCMG33NECF
"A serious, powerful novel... Gaines] is a writer of terrific energy."--The Nation
This is the story of Marcus: bonded out of jail where he has been awaiting trial for murder, he is sent to the Hebert plantation to work in the fields. There he encounters conflict with the overseer, Sidney Bonbon, and a tale of revenge, lust and power plays out between Marcus, Bonbon, Bonbon's mistress Pauline, and Bonbon's wife Louise.
This is the story of Marcus: bonded out of jail where he has been awaiting trial for murder, he is sent to the Hebert plantation to work in the fields. There he encounters conflict with the overseer, Sidney Bonbon, and a tale of revenge, lust and power plays out between Marcus, Bonbon, Bonbon's mistress Pauline, and Bonbon's wife Louise.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780679752486ISBN-10:067975248XUPC:9780679752486Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, African American & Black, Family LifeSize:8.00 x 5.23 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.5Product ID:SCMG33NECF
Ernest Gaines was born on a plantation in Pointe Coupee Parish near New Roads, Louisiana, which is the Bayonne of all his fictional works. He is a writer-in-residence emeritus at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Gaines received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1993 for his lifetime achievements; was named a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, one of France's highest decorations, in 1996; and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004. He and his wife, Dianne, live in Oscar, Louisiana.
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