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1	Lesson Before Dying more books like this by Ernest J Gaines add to wishlist In this story of injustice and redemption set in rural Louisiana during the late 1940s, Grant Wiggins, a backwoods schoolmaster, is asked visit a young black prisoner on death row. Jefferson, the prisoner, was falsely accused and convicted of murder and is sentenced to hang, and Wiggins's job, once he realizes the impossibility of overturning the ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.83! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Gathering of Old Men more books like this by Ernest J Gaines add to wishlist A story of racism, violence, and self-realization set in backwoods Louisiana under the Jim Crow era. The action is set in motion when a white farmer is murdered by a black, in circumstances reminiscent of the notorious Emmet Till case of the 1950s. Rather than allow the defendant to be summarily executed--or lynched--fifteen elderly black men go ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman more books like this by Ernest J Gaines add to wishlist Ernest J. Gaines's third novel, published in 1971, narrates, as if it were a work of oral history, the life story of a 110-year-old black woman in the South. Miss Jane Pittman was born into slavery and, during her long and eventful life, she experiences the problems of post-Civil War existence for freed slaves, falls in love but never marries, ... see all copies from £4.06! new only from £6.18! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	In My Father's House more books like this by Ernest J. Gaines add to wishlist Phillip Martin is a respected black minister active in the civil rights movement of the 1960s who gets an unexpected visit at the start of the narrative. An illegitimate son whom he has never known tracks Martin down and attempts to kill him for abandoning his mother. This experience so unsettles Martin that he sets out for Baton Rouge, where he ... see all copies from £3.17! new only from £5.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Catherine Carmier more books like this by Ernest J Gaines add to wishlist A man returns to his hometown, alienated from his most of his family but ready to fall in love with a woman who will change his life radically. see all copies from £4.96! new only from £13.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Of love and dust more books like this by Ernest J Gaines add to wishlist An elaborate revenge narrative set among the black sharecroppers of the old South. Jim Kelly, the narrator, works on a plantation in Louisiana overseen by the Cajun Sidney Bonbon. Marcus, a young ex-convict, comes to work on the plantation after being sprung from jail, and immediately begins to cause trouble. He seduces Bonbon's black mistress ... see all copies from £4.95! new only from £9.91! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman: And Related Readings more books like this by Ernest J Gaines add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57! new only from £9.23!
8	Bloodline: Five Stories more books like this by Ernest J Gaines add to wishlist A collection of short stories about blacks in the rural South, many of them set in Louisiana, the author's birthplace. see all copies from £6.86! new only from £9.29! \| first editions
9	Conversations with Ernest Gaines more books like this by John Lowe (Editor), Ernest J Gaines add to wishlist The winner in 1994 of the National Book Critics Circle Award for A Lesson Before Dying, Gaines, whose career spans more than thirty-five years, continues to receive increasing critical and popular attention. In the community of southern authors he finds his natural place. "Southern writers", he says, "have much more in common than differences. ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £6.50! \| first editions
10	Mozart and Leadbelly: Stories and Essays more books like this by E Gaines add to wishlist Born in the '30s on a Louisiana plantation, Ernest J. Gaines went on to write authentic and enlightening fiction about black Southern life, including THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE PITTMAN.This collection includes short stories--some of Gaines's best--as well as essays on literature that illuminate not only his own works and those of other writers ... see all copies from £5.33! new only from £5.33! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Porch Talk with Ernest Gaines: Conversations on the Writer's Craft more books like this by Marcia Gaudet, Carl Wooton add to wishlist Ernest J. Gaines, the author of many acclaimed works of fiction, including The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and A Gathering of Old Men, was born in 1933 in the small south Louisiana town of Oscar. Gaines talks about a variety of topic, including the influence of other writers. He discusses the major themes of his work, such as survival with ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £15.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Wide Awake in the Pelican State: Stories by Contemporary Louisiana Writers more books like this by Ann Brewster Dobie, Ernest J Gaines (Foreword by) add to wishlist This collection brings together twenty-one of the finest modern writers who claim Louisiana as home. Contributors include James Lee Burke, Robert Olen Butler, Richard Ford, Ernest J. Gaines, Tim Gautreaux, Tim Parrish, and James Wilcox. see all copies from £9.88! new only from £11.75!
13	Bloodline more books like this by Ernest J. Gaines add to wishlist A collection of short stories about blacks in the rural South, many of them set in Louisiana, the author's birthplace. see all copies from £4.95! new only from £8.35! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	On Gaines' a Lesson Before Dying more books like this by Ernest J Gaines, Durthy Washington add to wishlist see all copies from £52.77!
15 view cover	Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman by Ernest J Gaines add to wishlist Ernest J. Gaines's third novel, published in 1971, narrates, as if it were a work of oral history, the life story of a 110-year-old black woman in the South. Miss Jane Pittman was born into slavery and, during her long and eventful life, she experiences the problems of post-Civil War existence for freed slaves, falls in love but never marries, ... see all copies from £6.81! new only from £30.76!
16	Ernest Gaines Reads Excerpts from a Gathering of Old Men more books like this by Ernest J Gaines add to wishlist A story of racism, violence, and self-realization set in backwoods Louisiana under the Jim Crow era. The action is set in motion when a white farmer is murdered by a black, in circumstances reminiscent of the notorious Emmet Till case of the 1950s. Rather than allow the defendant to be summarily executed--or lynched--fifteen elderly black men go ... see all copies from £30.32! new only from £33.96!
17	Ernest Gaines Interview with Kay Bonetti more books like this by Ernest J Gaines add to wishlist Author Ernest Gaines recounts his early life in rural Louisanna and how this environment figures in all of his novels, including The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Jimmy, and A gathering of old men. Includes a discussion of Gaines's style and conscious attention to questions of form, especially the use of traditional Black musical elements. see all copies from £7.93! new only from £7.93!
18	A long day in November more books like this by Ernest J. Gaines, Don Bolognese add to wishlist A young black boy living on a cane plantation recounts the events of the day his parents separate and are reconciled. see all copies from £8.05! signed copies \| first editions
19	Ti-Bonhomme by Ernest J.; Herpe-Volinski Gaines, Michelle add to wishlist see all copies from £25.69! new only from £25.69!
20	D'Amour Et De Poussiëre by Ernest J Gaines add to wishlist see all copies from £43.88! new only from £43.88!
21	Une Longue Journèe De Novembre by Ernest J.; Herpe-Volinsky Gaines, Michelle add to wishlist see all copies from £38.14! new only from £38.14!
22	Colëre En Louisiane by Ernest J.; Fabre Gaines, Michel; Herpe-Volinsky, Michelle add to wishlist see all copies from £38.14! new only from £38.14!
23	4 Heures Du Matin by Ernest J.; Herpe-Volinsky Gaines, Michelle add to wishlist see all copies from £25.69! new only from £25.69!
24	Par La Petite Porte by Ernest J. Gaines add to wishlist see all copies from £34.10! new only from £34.10!
25	Dites-Leur Que Je Suis Un Homme by Ernest J.; Herpe-Voslinsky Gaines, Michelle add to wishlist see all copies from £44.94! new only from £44.94!

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