{ NOV 2021 - Verified ebook for complete book description, cover, table of contents, separation of book (front/ back matter, parts, and chapters), and epub format error checking. } Paperback, 256 pages Published: 1993 Edition: Vintage Contemporaries (1994) National Book Critics Circle Award Fic
A Lesson Before Dying: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries): novel
โ Scribed by Gaines, Ernest J.
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 155 KB
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781400077700
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โฆ Synopsis
A Lesson Before Dying Ernest J. Gaines brings to this novel the same rich sense of place, the same deep understanding of the human psyche, and the?same compassion for a people and their struggle that have unformed his previous, highly praised works of fiction. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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