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  <title><![CDATA[Bloodline: Five Stories]]></title>
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  <default_description>In these five stories, Gaines returns to the cane fields, sharecroppers' shacks, and decaying plantation houses of Louisiana, the terrain of his great novels &lt;i&gt;A Gathering of Old Men&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;A Lesson Before Dying&lt;/i&gt;. As rendered by Gaines, this country becomes as familiar, and as haunted by cruelty, suffering, and courage, as Ralph Ellison's Harlem or Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;STORIES INCLUDE:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A Long Day in November&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Sky Is Gray&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Three Men&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bloodline&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Just Like a Tree</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1976</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Bloodline: Five Stories</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ernest J. Gaines]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The five stories in Ernest Gaines' <em>Bloodline</em> explore various stages of life from the perspective of poor African Americans in the early 20th century.  The first two stories are told from the perspective of a child, the second from the perspective of a 19-year-old, the fourth from the perspective of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6903746">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If I liked short stories more, I'd likely give it another star.  These are well-written and thematically tight.  For more: <br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://satia.blogspot.com/2009/07/bloodline-five-stories-by-ernest-j.html" title="http://satia.blogspot.com/2009/07/bloodline-five-stories-by-ernest-j.html">http://satia.blogspot.com/2009/07/bloodl...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a stinger!  This was my first extended go at Mr. Gaines, and I loved it.  His language was mean and visceral, compact and terse.  My favorite story was &quot;Three Men&quot;]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;The Sky is Gray&quot; is a fave and I give a shout for &quot;A Long Day in November&quot; too (in the latter, a hubby worships his car a bit more than his wife -- LOL ;o).  ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Love your review, Leslie! &quot;The Sky is Gray&quot; is the reason I went to grad school... ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as strong as &quot;A Gathering of Old Men&quot; but still wonderfully written.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The short story, &quot;the sky is gray,&quot; is one of my favorites.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Awesome.]]></body>
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