Of Love and Dust

Type

Book

Authors

Ernest J. Gaines

ISBN 10

067975248X

ISBN 13

9780679752486

Tags

Family Life, Domestic Life, African American, Classics, Literary

Description

Ernest J. Gaines is best known for his prize-winning THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE PITTMAN, but OF LOVE AND DUST has equal power and fascination. It zeros in on an explosion in the making between two men, one black and one white, trapped in the vise of Southern back country prejudice. When young Marcus is bonded out of jail, he is sent to the Hebert Plantation to work in the fields. He treats Sidney Bonbon, the Cajun overseer, with contempt and Bonbon retaliates by working him nearly to death. Marcus decides to take his revenge. - from Amzon

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