A review by librarian_lisa_22
Of Love and Dust by Ernest J. Gaines

5.0

Gaines’ writing is so potent that I was there in the Bayou—I smelled the dust and sweat. I felt the heat, wilting and oppressive. I smelled the food and the corn in the fields. I sensed the crackling tension and fear, the overwhelming unfairness and impotence. Slavery on the plantation leaves a heavy shadow and loud echoes in the quarters. Gaines is masterful.