| A Lesson Before Dying Contributor(s): Gaines, Ernest J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0780752880 ISBN-13: 9780780752887 Publisher: Perfection Learning
Binding Type: Prebound - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 1997 * Out of Print * Annotation: Set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s, "A Lesson Before Dying" is an "enormously moving" ("Los Angeles Times") novel of one man condemned to die for a crime he did not commit and a young man who visits him in his cell. In the end, the two men forge a bond as they both come to understand the simple heroism of resisting--and defying--the expected. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Click for more in this series: Vintage Contemporaries |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dewey: FIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LCCN: 93042201 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lexile Measure: 750(Not Available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" L (0.60 lbs) 256 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features: Ikids | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Quiz #: 10287 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
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