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Ernest J. Gaines

1933–2019
Ernest J. Gaines
Ernest J. Gaines in 2015 (Slowking4 / GFDL 1.2)

Major works:
A Lesson Before DyingThe Autobiography of Miss Jane PittmanA 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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