Catherine Carmier - audio book

[Gaines's] best writing is marked by what Ralph Ellison, describing the blues,called near-tragic, near-comic lyricism.NewsweekCatherine Carmier is a compelling love story set in a deceptively bucolic Louisiana countryside,where blacks, Cajuns, and whites maintain an uneasy coexistence. After living in San Francisco for tenyears, Jackson returns home to his benefactor, Aunt Charlotte. Surrounded by family and old friends,he discovers that his bonds to them have been irreparably rent by his absence. In the midst of hisalienation from those around him, he falls in love with Catherine Carmier, setting the stage for conflictsand confrontations which are complex, tortuous, and universal in their implications.

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Written By - Ernest J. Gaines

Narrated By - S. Patricia Bailey

Published By - Blackstone Audio Inc

Length - 6 hours

Gategory - Fiction

Download Price : $29.95 $14.95

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