Lesson Before Dying

Hardcover, 272 pages

English language

Published Sept. 29, 1997 by Knopf.

ISBN:
978-0-679-45561-5
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3 stars (4 reviews)

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When I first started reading this book it seemed like it was going to be one of those cliched stories about whitey being a real jerkass and the black man being all righteous but powerless. And truthfully, it kind of was, but I found myself liking the book anyway. There are lessons to be learned, everyday, from all kinds of teachers if one opens ones mind to it. I kind of hope I learned my lesson.

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Subjects

  • Race relations
  • Literary
  • Gaines, Ernest J. - Prose & Criticism
  • Fiction - General
  • General
  • Fiction
  • Louisiana
  • Fiction / General
  • Afro-American men
  • Friendship
  • FICTION-GENERAL
  • African American men
  • Death row inmates