A Gathering of Old Men Ernest J. Gaines

Name: A Gathering of Old Men von Ernest J. Gaines
SKU: 9781852426606
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Zusammenfassung

A sheriff is summoned to a Louisiana sugar plantation, where he finds one white woman, about 18 old black men, all carrying shotguns, and one dead Cajun farmer. The sheriff is sure he knows who has killed the Cajun, but threats and violence fail to change their stories.

A Gathering of Old Men Zusammenfassung

A Gathering of Old Men Ernest J. Gaines

A sheriff is summoned to a sugarcane plantation, where he finds one white woman, one dead Cajun farmer and eighteen old black men, each toting a shotgun. Each man claims guilt, and all threaten to provoke a riot at the courthouse should the sheriff try to make an arrest. In the meantime they wait for the lynch mob that the dead man's father is sure to launch. Before it's over everyone involved has been surprised by something, most of all the black men by their taste of power and pride.

A Gathering of Old Men Bewertungen

Gaines knows how to tell a story... He writes with humour, a strong sense of drama and a compassionate understanding of people who find themselves in opposing positions * Washington Post *
The best-written novel on Southern race relations in over a decade * Village Voice *
Riveting... it takes off like a shot and keeps your heart pounding right through to the final climax * San Francisco Chronicle *

Über Ernest J. Gaines

Ernest J. Gaines was born on a plantation in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, which is the Bayonne of all his fictional works. His novels include The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Of Love and Dust, Catherine Carmier, Bloodline, A Gathering of Old Men and In My Father's House.

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR001781232

ISBN 13

9781852426606

ISBN 10

1852426608

Titel

A Gathering of Old Men Ernest J. Gaines

Autor

Ernest J. Gaines

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Bindung

Broschiert

Verlag

Profile Books Ltd

Datum

2000-03-16

Anzahl der Seiten

224

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N/A

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