{"product_id":"a-lesson-before-dying-9780375702709","title":"A Lesson Before Dying","description":"\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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An instant classic.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\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 \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eERNEST 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50579195199762,"sku":"9780375702709","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4a3857f4-003e-4cd2-af71-009cc5a9c57c.jpg?v=1732002290","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-lesson-before-dying-9780375702709","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}