A Gathering of Old Men
(Sprache: Englisch)
Set on a Louisiana sugar cane 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. "The best written novel on Southern race relations in over a decade".--"Village Voice".
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Set on a Louisiana sugar cane 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. "The best written novel on Southern race relations in over a decade".--"Village Voice".
Autoren-Porträt von Ernest J. Gaines
Ernest Gaines was born on a plantation in Pointe Coupée Parish near New Roads, Louisiana, which is the Bayonne of all his fictional works. He is writer-in-residence emeritus at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. In 1993 Gaines received the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship for his lifetime achievements. In 1996 he was named a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, one of France’s highest decorations. He and his wife, Dianne, live in Oscar, Louisiana.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Ernest J. Gaines
- Altersempfehlung: 14 - 18 Jahre
- 1992, 224 Seiten, Maße: 13,2 x 20,5 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: VINTAGE
- ISBN-10: 0679738908
- ISBN-13: 9780679738909
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Englisch
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