Of Love and Dust
$5.55
1969 Softcover printing of "Of Love and Dust" by “Ernest J. Gaines”. Wear and yellowing of pages consistent with age and use in fairf pre-loved condition. Minimal to no lines, notes or marks within text. small punctures to front cover as shown.
Set in pre-Civil Rights Era Louisiana, focusing on the conflict between a Black convict, Marcus, and his white overseer, Sidney Bonbon, on the Hebert plantation. The story explores themes of racism, power, sexuality, and the struggle for dignity as Marcus, bonded out of jail, works the fields and clashes with Bonbon.