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William Gay


Born
in Hohenwald, Tennessee, The United States
October 27, 1941

Died
February 23, 2012

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William Elbert Gay was the author of the novels Provinces of Night, The Long Home, and Twilight and the short story collection I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down. He was the winner of the 1999 William Peden Award and the 1999 James A. Michener Memorial Prize and the recipient of a 2002 Guggenheim Fellowship.

Average rating: 4.0 · 15,116 ratings · 1,953 reviews · 36 distinct worksSimilar authors
Provinces of Night

4.20 avg rating — 2,937 ratings — published 2000 — 21 editions
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Twilight

3.95 avg rating — 3,080 ratings — published 2006 — 23 editions
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The Long Home

4.03 avg rating — 2,790 ratings — published 1999 — 11 editions
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I Hate to See That Evening ...

4.31 avg rating — 2,168 ratings — published 2002 — 12 editions
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Little Sister Death

3.25 avg rating — 1,627 ratings — published 2015 — 16 editions
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The Lost Country

4.04 avg rating — 637 ratings — published 2018 — 13 editions
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Wittgenstein's Lolita and T...

4.06 avg rating — 315 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions
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Time Done Been Won't Be No ...

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4.25 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions
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Fugitives of the Heart

4.34 avg rating — 111 ratings4 editions
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The Paperhanger

4.04 avg rating — 78 ratings2 editions
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“There’s folks you just don’t need. You’re better off without em. Your life is just a little better because they ain’t in it.”
William Gay

“He wanted her the rest of his life, and failing that, he wanted permission to walk along beside her while she lived it.”
William Gay, Provinces of Night

“She was a page torn from a calendar, a year folded neatly and laid aside in some place you never look.”
William Gay, Twilight

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