I loved Jonah's Gourd Vine -- thought some of her short stories very fine -- and feel that this measures up to the promise of the early books. Authentic picture of Negroes, not in relation to white people but to each other. An ageing grandmother marries off her granddaughter almost …
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I loved Jonah's Gourd Vine -- thought some of her short stories very fine -- and feel that this measures up to the promise of the early books. Authentic picture of Negroes, not in relation to white people but to each other. An ageing grandmother marries off her granddaughter almost a child to a middle-aged man for security -- and she leaves him when she finds that her dreams are dying, and goes off with a dapper young Negro, full of his own sense of power and go-getter qualities. He takes her to a mushroom town, buys a lot, puts up a store and makes the town sit up and take notice. His success goes to his head -- their life becomes a mockery of her high hopes. And after his death, she goes off with a youth who brings her happiness and tragedy. A poignant story, told with almost rhythmic beauty.
Note from Kirkus' Vintage Review Editor: Zora Neale Hurston is now thought of as a pioneering writer and folklorist, but in 1937, when Kirkus reviewed her now-classic Their Eyes Were Watching God, she was a writer becoming known for revealing a corner of the world no one but she could've revealed. — June 24, 2013
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Hardcover, 231 pages
English language
Published Nov. 7, 2000 by HarperCollins.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Paperback, 238 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 2006 by Harper Perennial Modern Classics.
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Their eyes were watching God
219 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 1998 by Perennial Classics.
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- 46429736
Their eyes were watching God
paperback, 96 pages
Published Feb. 4, 2014 by SparkNotes.
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Their eyes were watching God
231 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 1991 by University of Illinois Press.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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English language
Published Nov. 8, 2004 by HarperCollins.
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Their eyes were watching God
English language
Published Nov. 8, 2004 by EMC/Paradigm Pub..
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Paperback
English language
Published Jan. 8, 1994 by Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers.
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- 978-0-06-502316-9Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 62952357
Their eyes were watching God
286 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 1969 by Negro Universities Press.
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- 978-0-8371-1885-7Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 24579
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Published Nov. 8, 2010 by Olive Editions.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
English language
Published Jan. 12, 2022 by Pierian Springs Press.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
English language
Published Jan. 12, 2018 by Independently Published.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Published Jan. 12, 2018 by Independently Published.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Published Jan. 12, 2018 by Independently Published.
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