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Summary. PDF Cite. The story of A Gathering of Old Men is told by fifteen narrators. Violence is part of the story they tell. The book, however, is also a story of the sometimes painful and...
A Gathering of Old Men is a 1983 novel by the American author Ernest J. Gaines. Set on a Louisiana plantation, the novel follows the plantation’s part owner Candy Marshall as she tries to protect the black murderer of a racist work boss Beau Boutan.
Oct 7, 2020 · Set in 1979 on the Marshall Plantation, Gaines’s fifth novel focuses on a group of elderly men who come to terms with their regret over past passivity and decide to claim their manhood and dignity. The action begins when Candy Marshall, part owner of the plantation, calls a child to deliver several messages.
The story begins with the murder of a white farmer, Beau Boutan, and the subsequent gathering of a group of old black men at Mathu's house, a former slave. Each man claims responsibility for the murder, seeking to protect Mathu, who they believe is the real culprit.
Sep 20, 2024 · Summoned by Candy, who claims to have killed Beau herself, the old men—identified both by given name (Robert Louis Stevenson Banks, Matthew Lincoln Brown, Cyril Robillard) and nickname...
Jan 2, 2017 · Dan Chase, the protagonist in Thomas Perry’s riveting new novel, THE OLD MAN, lives a quiet life in Vermont. He’s a 60-year-old retiree who takes great pleasure in walking his two loyal mutts. He’s a devoted father and grandfather who keeps in touch with his daughter by phone.
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Sep 20, 2024 · Growth, change, and time are the three great organizing themes of A Gathering of Old Men. The process of growth within the old men motivates the inner action that structures much of the novel.
