Of Love and Dust by Gaines, Ernest J.

Of Love and Dust (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780679752486)

Vendor: Ernest J. Gaines
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
$22.00
$22.00
$22.00
Subtotal: $22.00
Of Love and Dust by Gaines, Ernest J.

Of Love and Dust

$22.00
Of Love and Dust by Gaines, Ernest J.

Of Love and Dust

$22.00
Format: Paperback
Description
Description
x
"A serious, powerful novel... Gaines] is a writer of terrific energy."--The Nation

This is the story of Marcus: bonded out of jail where he has been awaiting trial for murder, he is sent to the Hebert plantation to work in the fields. There he encounters conflict with the overseer, Sidney Bonbon, and a tale of revenge, lust and power plays out between Marcus, Bonbon, Bonbon's mistress Pauline, and Bonbon's wife Louise.

Author: Ernest J. Gaines
ISBN-10: 067975248X
ISBN-13: 9780679752486
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 05/31/1994
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.23w x 0.64d
By Ernest J. Gaines
By Ernest J. Gaines
x
Ernest Gaines was born on a plantation in Pointe Coupee Parish near New Roads, Louisiana, which is the Bayonne of all his fictional works. He is a writer-in-residence emeritus at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Gaines received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1993 for his lifetime achievements; was named a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, one of France's highest decorations, in 1996; and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004. He and his wife, Dianne, live in Oscar, Louisiana.

Recently Viewed Products