| Author/Contributor(s): | Gaines, Ernest J |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Date: | 09/28/1997 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - A deep and compassionate novel about a young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to visit a black youth on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting.
A "majestic, moving novel ... an instant classic, a book that will be read, discussed and taught beyond the rest of our lives (Chicago Tribune), from the critically acclaimed author of A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.