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A gathering of old men / Ernest J. Gaines

By:

Gaines, Ernest J, , 1933-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Knopf , 1983.Edition: 1st edDescription: 213 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780679738909

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Detective and mystery stories

DDC classification:

FIC GAI

LOC classification:

PS3557.A355 G3 1983

Summary: Set on a Louisiana sugarcane 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. "Poignant, powerful, earthy...a novel of Southern racial confrontation in which a group of elderly black men band together against whites who seek vengeance for the murder of one of their own."-- Booklist

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC GAI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		063482

Set on a Louisiana sugarcane 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. "Poignant, powerful, earthy...a novel of Southern racial confrontation in which a group of elderly black men band together against whites who seek vengeance for the murder of one of their own."-- Booklist

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