{"product_id":"ernest-j-gaines-four-novels-loa-383-the-autobiography-of-miss-jane-pittman-in-my-fathers-house-a-gathering-of-old-men-a-lesson-before-dyi","title":"Ernest J. Gaines: Four Novels (Loa #383): The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman \/ In My Father's House \/ A Gathering of Old Men \/ A Lesson Before Dyi","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"The best black writer in America\" (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e) joins the Library of America with a volume collecting 4 landmark novels about race and the legacy of slavery in America \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes \u003ci\u003eA Lesson Before Dying\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction and an early Oprah Book Club selection \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in 1933, the oldest of twelve children in a family of sharecroppers in Oscar, Louisiana, Ernest J. Gaines wrote novels and stories, set on and around the former slave plantation he called home, that are modern classics--nuanced, compassionate portraits of women and men, both Black and white, caught in the vortex of race in America. He joins the Library of America with this volume gathering his four greatest novels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1971)\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003ethe story of an elderly woman born into slavery who witnesses Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights Movement. A living testament to the history, hopes, courage, and survival of her people, Miss Jane is one of the most indelible and unforgettable characters in American fiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn My Father's House\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(1978) finds an activist minister organizing a civil rights protest in his town when his estranged son suddenly appears on the scene, threatening to expose his family's secret past.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Gathering of Old Men\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (1983) sees a group of elderly Black men with nothing left to lose decide to make a last stand against the racism that has defined and delimited their lives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Lesson Before Dying\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(1993, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction and an Oprah Book Club selection), in which a local schoolteacher attempts to help a young man falsely convicted of the murder of a white man face execution with dignity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fitting tribute to a still underappreciated American genius, this volume also includes a chronology of Gaines's life and career written by his authorized biographer, John Wharton Lowe, and helpful notes.","brand":"John Wharton Lowe, Ernest J Gaines","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46356512604396,"sku":"9781598537901","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781598537901.jpg?v=1744340810","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/ernest-j-gaines-four-novels-loa-383-the-autobiography-of-miss-jane-pittman-in-my-fathers-house-a-gathering-of-old-men-a-lesson-before-dyi","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}