The tragedy of Brady Sims
(Book)
Published
New York : Vintage, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.
Format
Book
Edition
First Vintage Contemporaries edition.
ISBN
9780525434467 (PAP), 0525434461 (PAP)
Physical Desc
114 pages ; 21 cm.
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Status
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Pequannock Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION GAINES | Available |
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Published
New York : Vintage, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.
Edition
First Vintage Contemporaries edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780525434467 (PAP), 0525434461 (PAP)
Lexile code
HL
Lexile measure
680
Notes
Description
"Ernest J. Gaines's new novella revolves around a courthouse shooting that leads a young reporter to uncover the long story of race and power in his small town and the relationship between the white sheriff and the black man who "whipped children" to keep order. After Brady Sims pulls out a gun in a courtroom and shoots his own son, who has just been convicted of robbery and murder, he asks only to be allowed two hours before he'll give himself up to the sheriff. When the editor of the local newspaper asks his cub reporter to dig up a "human interest" story about Brady, he heads for the town's barbershop. It is the barbers and the regulars who hang out there who narrate with empathy, sadness, humor, and a profound understanding the life story of Brady Sims--an honorable, just, and unsparing man who with his tough love had been handed the task of keeping the black children of Bayonne, Louisiana in line to protect them from the unjust world in which they lived. And when his own son makes a fateful mistake,it is up to Brady to carry out the necessary reckoning. In the telling, we learn the story of a small southern town, divided by race, and the black community struggling to survive even as many of its inhabitants head off northwards during the Great Migration"--,Provided by publisher.
Description
"Ernest J. Gaines's new novella is about a courthouse shooting that leads a young reporter to uncover the long story of race and power in his small town and the relationship between the white sheriff and the black man who "whipped children" to keep order"--,Provided by publisher.
Target Audience
HL680L,Lexile
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gaines, E. J. (2017). The tragedy of Brady Sims (First Vintage Contemporaries edition.). Vintage, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019. 2017. The Tragedy of Brady Sims. Vintage, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019. The Tragedy of Brady Sims Vintage, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gaines, Ernest J. The Tragedy of Brady Sims First Vintage Contemporaries edition., Vintage, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.
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