Ernest J. Gaines
A Gathering of Old Men
Hardcover
(Alfred A. Knopf Sept. 12, 1983)
, 1st Edition
Set on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation in the 1970s, A Gathering of Old Men is a powerful depiction of racial tensions arising over the death of a Cajun farmer at the hands of a black man.
"Poignant, powerful, earthy...a novel of Southern racial confrontation in which a group of elderly black men band together against whites who seek vengeance for the murder of one of their own."--Booklist
"A fine novel...there is a denouement that will shock and move readers as much as it does the characters."--Philadelphia Inquirer
From the Trade Paperback edition.
"Poignant, powerful, earthy...a novel of Southern racial confrontation in which a group of elderly black men band together against whites who seek vengeance for the murder of one of their own."--Booklist
"A fine novel...there is a denouement that will shock and move readers as much as it does the characters."--Philadelphia Inquirer
From the Trade Paperback edition.
- ISBN
- 0394514688 / 9780394514680
- Pages
- 213
- Weight
- 16.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 0.75 in.
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