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"Jefferson, barely literate, is on trial for a murder he didn't commit. Grant Wiggins, college-educated, teaches at a plantation school. When his court-appointed lawyer defends Jefferson by saying he would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair, the man's godmother appeals to Wiggins to help Jefferson face his death with dignity."
"An Oprah Book Club selection Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize In a small Cajun community in the late 1940s, a young black man named Jefferson witnesses a liquor store shootout in which three men are killed. The only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Gaines explores the deep prejudice of the American South in the tradition of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird and Toni Morrison's Beloved. A Lesson Before Dying is a richly compassionate and deeply moving novel, the story of a young black."@en
""A Lesson Before Dying is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwitting party to a liquor store shootout in which three men are killed; the only survivor, his is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Grant Wiggins, who left his hometown for the university, has returned to the plantation school to teach. As he struggles with his decision whether to stay or escape to another state, his aunt and Jefferson's godmother persuade him to visit Jefferson in his cell and impart his learning and his pride to Jefferson before his death. In the end, the two men forge a bond as they both come to understand the simple heroism of resisting--and defying--the expected."--Cover."@en
"A bag with ten copies of the title that may also include miscellaneous notes, discussion questions, biographical information, and reading lists to assist book group discussion leaders."@en
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"A Lesson before dying, is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwitting party to a liquor store shoot out in which three men are killed; the only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Grant Wiggins, who left his hometown for the university, has returned to the plantation school to teach. As he struggles with his decision whether to stay or escape to another state, his aunt and Jefferson's godmother persuade him to visit Jefferson in his cell and impart his learning and his pride to Jefferson before his death. In the end, the two men forge a bond as they both come to understand the simple heroism of resisting--and defying--the expected."@en
"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."@en
"In 1948 Louisiana, a young teacher is asked to impart some of his own pride and learning to a young Black man awaiting execution, only to come face to face with his own cynicism and hopelessness."@en
"The story of two African American men struggling to attain manhood in a prejudiced society."@en
"From the author of, A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman comes a deep and compassionate novel. Grant Wiggins, a college-educated man returns to 1940s Cajun, he visits and forms an unlikely bond with Jefferson, a young Black man convicted of murder and sentenced to death, for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting. Best Books for Young Teen Readers. In the 1940s in rural Louisiana, an uneducated African American man is sentenced to die for a crime he was incapable of committing."
"From the author of, A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman comes a deep and compassionate novel. Grant Wiggins, a college-educated man returns to 1940s Cajun, he visits and forms an unlikely bond with Jefferson, a young Black man convicted of murder and sentenced to death, for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting. Best Books for Young Teen Readers. In the 1940s in rural Louisiana, an uneducated African American man is sentenced to die for a crime he was incapable of committing."@en
"The godmother and aunt of a condemned man come to Grant Wiggins to persuade him to help their Jefferson find some learning and some pride before his death."
"A young illiterate African American man witnesses two black robbers kill a white store owner in Louisana in the late 1940s, and he is the one convicted."@en
"In his first novel in ten years, Ernest Gaines, the highly acclaimed author of the best-selling The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, brings us a wrenching story of death and identity in a small Cajun Louisiana community in the late 1940s. A young black named Jefferson is a reluctant party in a shoot-out in a liquor store in which the three other men involved are all killed, including the white store owner. Jefferson, the only survivor, is accused of murder. At the trial, the essence of the defense is that the accused, a lowly form of existence lacking even a modicum of intelligence, is incapable of premeditated murder. His lawyer argues: "Why, I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this." But Jefferson is condemned to death."@en
"In his first novel in ten years, Ernest Gaines, the highly acclaimed author of the best-selling The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, brings us a wrenching story of death and identity in a small Cajun Louisiana community in the late 1940s. A young black named Jefferson is a reluctant party in a shoot-out in a liquor store in which the three other men involved are all killed, including the white store owner. Jefferson, the only survivor, is accused of murder. At the trial, the essence of the defense is that the accused, a lowly form of existence lacking even a modicum of intelligence, is incapable of premeditated murder. His lawyer argues: "Why, I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this." But Jefferson is condemned to death."

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"Fiction"@en
"Fiction"
"Powieść amerykańska"@pl
"Electronic books"
"Electronic books"@en
"Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en
"Criticism, interpretation, etc"
"Tekstuitgave"
"Belletristische Darstellung"
"Typefaces (Type evidence)"@en
"Study guides"@en
"Authors' autographs (Provenance)"@en
"Publishers' advertisements"@en
"Historical fiction"
"Historical fiction"@en
"Lehrmittel"

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"A lesson before dying [Schülerbd.]"
"Una lezione prima di morire"@it
"Una lezione prima di morire"
"A lesson before dying, Ernest J. Gaines"@en
"Jeffersons Würde : Roman"
"A lesson before dying : Ernest J. Gaines"
"A lesson before dying : Ernest J. Gaines"@en
"A lesson before dying [Hauptbd.]. / Annot. by Hartmut K. Selke"
"Lekcja przed egzekucją"
"Lekcja przed egzekucją"@pl
"Shiʻur li-fene ha-maṿet"
"Noget at dø for"@da
"Noget at dø for"
"死前的最後一堂課 : 真正的勇敢,不一定是拼命抵抗"
"A lesson before dying [books in bag]"@en
"A Lesson Before Dying A Novel"@en
"Si qian de zui hou yi tang ke : zhen zheng de yong gan,bu yi ding shi pin ming di kang"
"Uma lic̜ão antes de morrer"
"A lesson before dying : [a novel]"
"A lesson before dying / M"
"Jeffersons Würde Roman"
"죽음앞의교훈"
"A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah book)"@en
"A Lesson before dying"
"Si qian de zui hou yi tang ke"
"A lesson before dying : a novel"
"A lesson before dying"
"A lesson before dying"@en
"A lesson before dying [Hauptbd.]"
"A Lesson Before Dying"@en
"死前的最後一堂課"
"Chugŭm ap ŭi kyohun"
"A lesson before dying [pbk] / Ernest J. Gaines"@en
"Dites-leur que je suis un homme"
"Jeffersons Würde : roman"

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