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Ernest J. Gaines
Major works:
A Lesson Before Dying • The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman • A Gathering of Old Men
“A grand, robust, most valuable novel that is impossible to dismiss or to put down.”
—Alice Walker on The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
“He uses a couple of dozen narrators, each of whom he imbues with a voice that is distinct and believable. Not least, he knows how to tell a story, and A Gathering of Old Men is a good one.”
—Jonathan Yardley
“His body of work has taught us all that the human spirit cannot be contained within the boundaries of race or class.”
—Bill Clinton
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