A Gathering of Old Men - Hardcover

Gaines, Ernest J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394514688 ISBN 13: 9780394514680

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983

Synopsis

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

"A fine novel...there is a denouement that will shock and move readers as much as it does the characters."--Philadelphia Inquirer
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About the Author:

Ernest Gaines was born on a plantation in Pointe Coupée Parish near New Roads, Louisiana, which is the Bayonne of all his fictional works. He is writer-in-residence emeritus at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. In 1993 Gaines received the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship for his lifetime achievements. In 1996 he was named a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, one of France’s highest decorations. He and his wife, Dianne, live in Oscar, Louisiana.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0394514688
• ISBN 13: 9780394514680
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 213