4 edition of Of love and dust found in the catalog.
Published
1967
by Dial Press in New York
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Statement | by Ernest J. Gaines. |
| Genre | Fiction. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | PS3557.A355 O36 1967 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 281 p. |
| Number of Pages | 281 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL5546734M |
| LC Control Number | 67025308 |
Book Reviews (Books prior to the Internet have few, if any, mainstream press reviews Amazon and Barnes & Noble for helpful reviews.) Ernest J. Gaines has set out to tell us a familar story and told it well—the tragedy of Mracus, a young Louisian Negro rebel brave and desperate enough to pit his life againsst the Olympus of the Southern power structure. Of Love and Dust The narrator was one of the most affable, and Veeramangalam was a veritable Eden of mango trees, he seems to be privy to more detail than is credible. If you and your family were faced with the same conditions, do you think you could survive/
Cadrick Smith Dr. King-Pedroso ENC Summer Finding Love through Dust In the novel, Of Love and Dust, Ernest Gaines discuss means of love in the story which help give readers a look into the interracial relationships between some of the characters in the novel. parody. Of Love and Dust (the title could easily be that of a paro-dy of the Southern novel) accepts as given a familiar configura-tion of characters and plot. Then the novel goes about its proper and redeeming business of establishing a black perspective on the fiction of Southern life. The narrator, Frank James Kelly, is the vehicle for.
Of love and dust book, Of Love and Dust [Ernest J. Gaines] on Discover delightful children's books with Prime Book Box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. - Of Love and Dust - Reading Guide - Book Club Discussion Questions/ I’m a big fan of local color and dialect and these books have plenty of it. Of Love and Dust is about a character, Marcus, who is bonded from jail by a plantation owner who his (Marcus’) mother worked for for 40 years. Marcus is being tried for murder even though the other guy pulled a knife on him first.
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Of Love and Dust is set inin Cajun country, Louisiana. A young I read a review of this book that said reading this story is like watching a train wreck – you know what is going to happen, but you just can’t tear your eyes away/5.
From the actor, director, and writer Ethan Hawke: a piercing novel of love, marriage, and is AWOL from the army, but—with characteristic fierceness and terror—he’s about to embark on the biggest commitment of his life. Christy is pregnant with Brand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 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/5(2). About Of Love and Dust 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.
Book Summary: The title of this book is Of Love and Dust and it was written by Ernest J. Gaines. This particular edition Of love and dust book in a Paperback format. This particular edition is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is and it has a suggested retail price of $Pages: This second novel by a young Negro writer has an honest simplicity and tremendously involving, complicated characterizations.
It's contemporary Louisiana and down on the plantation we find Jim Kelly, narrator, easy going, handy with machinery, who is put in charge of ""Playboy Marcus,"" Baton Rouge boy bonded to plantation owner Marshall Hebert after he had killed another Negro in a brawl.
In numerous interviews and speeches, Ernest Gaines mentions that part of the inspiration for Of Love and Dust came from a song by Lightnin' Hopkins entitled "Tim Moore's Farm." InGaines said, in regards to writing the novel, "I was listening to one of Lightnin' Hopkins records one day entitled 'Mr.
Tim Moore's Farm.' Author: Cheylon Woods. Title: Of Love And Dust Format: Paperback Product dimensions: pages, 8 X X in Shipping dimensions: pages, 8 X X in Published: Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Language: English.
In Gaines published his first novel, Catherine Carmier. He published the novel Of Love and Dust three years later, followed by a short story collection entitled Bloodline () and another entitled A Long Day in November (). He received little attention for.
Like his other books, this one resonates with a deep sadness throughout. Characters grow but can never escape their preordained fate. A magnificent book that keeps you spell-bound. Gaines is a very favorite author of mine.
This book is so very sad, so very heart-wrenching, and yet so uplifting, as all his books /5(27). Book 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. Racial relations are explored carefully in Gaines' novels, and Of Love and Dust is no exception. The white landowner is not evil - he is friendly to the narrator, and he has a relationship with one of the women who lives on his land.
He loves the woman dearly, and Cited by: 4. Apple Books Preview. Of Love and Dust. Ernest J. Gaines. 21 Ratings; $; $; Publisher Description. 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 /5(21). If books had a "reading difficulty" rating, this would get a solid 5/5.
The only other book I have ever stopped reading halfway was 50 Shades of Grey. 50 Shades of Grey was a terrible book. This one is not. Dust is not a bad book. It is just written in such a /5.
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Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Of Love and Dust.4/5(3). Get this from a library. Of love and dust. [Ernest J Gaines] -- When young Marcus is bonded out of jail, where he has been awaiting his trial for murder, he is sent to the Hebert plantation to work in the fields.
He treats the Cajun overseer, Sidney Bonbon, with. Of Love and Dust by Ernest J. Gaines. Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear.
Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At the height of the book scare, news outlets reported that dust from library books could spread infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, smallpox and scarlet fever.
(kevron / iStock) By Author: Joseph Hayes. Get this from a library. Of love and dust. [Ernest J Gaines] -- Tractor driver Jim Kelly watches as the recently-released murder suspect Marcus treats the Cajun overseer Sidney Bonbon with supreme contempt on the Hebert plantation fields.
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