A Lesson Before Dying
1993 novel by Ernest J. Gaines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the novel. For the film, see A Lesson Before Dying (film).
A Lesson Before Dying is Ernest J. Gaines' eighth novel, published in 1993. It was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. The novel is based on the true story of Willie Francis, a young Black American man best known for surviving a failed electrocution in the state of Louisiana in 1946.[1]
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Author | Ernest J. Gaines |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Publisher | Knopf Publishing Group |
Publication date | 1993 |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Pages | 256 pp |
ISBN | 978-0-375-70270-9 |
OCLC | 438410499 |
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