A Gathering of Old Men
Autor Ernest J. Gainesen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 1992 – vârsta de la 14 până la 18 ani
"Poignant, powerful, earthy...a novel of Southern racial confrontation in which a group of elderly black men band together against whites who seek vengeance for the murder of one of their own."--Booklist
"A fine novel...there is a denouement that will shock and move readers as much as it does the characters."--Philadelphia Inquirer
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780679738909
ISBN-10: 0679738908
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 130 x 201 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Vintage Books USA
ISBN-10: 0679738908
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 130 x 201 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Vintage Books USA
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Descriere
Set on a Louisiana sugar cane plantation in the 1970s, "A Gathering of Old Men" is a powerful depiction of racial tensions arising over the death of a Cajun farmer at the hands of a black man. "The best written novel on Southern race relations in over a decade".--"Village Voice".
Notă biografică
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.