Thu 6 Apr 2006
Audio Book Review: A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
Posted by James McBride under Classics , FictionNo Comments
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"A Lesson Before Dying" by Ernest J. Gaines Length: 3 hours and 4 min. ISBN: 1-57042-223-0    Oprah Book Club Listen to an excerpt with: Windows Media Player Real Player |
Jefferson is an innocent and unwitting party to a deadly liquor store shoot-out in the 1940s. As the only survivor, he is tried and convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Grant Wiggins, a university-trained teacher at the plantation school, is persuaded to visit Jefferson in his cell. Wiggins is torn between staying in his native Cajun community or moving on. The 2 men gradually form a bond as they jointly discover the simple heroism of resisting - and denying - the expected.
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