{"product_id":"a-lesson-before-dying-paperback","title":"A Lesson Before Dying - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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\u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman comes a deep and compassionate novel. A young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to teach visits a black youth on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369789685983,"sku":"9780375702709","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/RWOx-AkbqG9780375702709.webp?v=1789146622","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/a-lesson-before-dying-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}