A Gathering of Old Men

Critical Analysis of Ernest J. Gaines’s A Gathering of Old Men

By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on October 7, 2020 • ( 0 )

If The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman ends by signaling the beginning of a social revolution, A Gathering of Old Men brings this conflict to a logical conclusion. Set in 1979 on the Marshall Plantation, Gaines’s fifth novel focuses on… Read More ›

Analysis of Ernest J. Gaines’s Novels

By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on June 3, 2018 • ( 0 )

Before it became fashionable, Ernest J. Gaines ( (January 15, 1933 – November 5, 2019)) was one southern black writer who wrote about his native area. Although he has lived much of his life in California, he has never been… Read More ›