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Contributor(s): Gaines, Ernest J. (Author)

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ISBN: 067975248X     ISBN-13: 9780679752486
Publisher: Vintage
OUR PRICE: $20.90  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 1994
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | African American - General
- Fiction | Family Life - General
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 94004283
Series: Vintage Contemporaries
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.23" W x 8" L (0.5 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Deep South
- Cultural Region - Gulf Coast
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Geographic Orientation - Louisiana
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Publisher Description:
"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.
 
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