My Grandpa and the Haint |
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| Authors: | Gaines, Ernest J. |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| BISAC/Subject: | FIC043000, FIC049000, FIC029000 |
| ISBN: | 9781101969908, Related ISBNs: 1101969903, 9781101969908 |
| Classification: | Non-Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 32, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Synopsis: A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” Selection
The fish are nearly jumping in the bayous of Louisiana, but hoodoo magic is just as easy to find. And one day, Bobby’s grandfather catches a haint.
With his characteristically rich sense of place and deep understanding of the human psyche, Ernest Gaines, National Book Critics Circle Award winner and author of the classic novel A Lesson Before Dying, presents a raconteur’s tale of rustic Southern living, A selection from Gaines’s collection of prose, Mozart and Leadbelly.
An eBook short.
The fish are nearly jumping in the bayous of Louisiana, but hoodoo magic is just as easy to find. And one day, Bobby’s grandfather catches a haint.
With his characteristically rich sense of place and deep understanding of the human psyche, Ernest Gaines, National Book Critics Circle Award winner and author of the classic novel A Lesson Before Dying, presents a raconteur’s tale of rustic Southern living, A selection from Gaines’s collection of prose, Mozart and Leadbelly.
An eBook short.
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