Their Eyes Were Watching God By Zora Neale Hurston

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African American Southern Literature Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Book Information

Author: Zora Neale Hurston
Genre: Books Set In The South | African American Literature | Classic Literature
Pages: 219
Publisher: Amistad Anniversary Edition
Publication Date: 2006 (Originally published in 1937)

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Their Eyes Were Watching God Summary From The Publisher

“One of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love story with the wit and pathos found only in the writing of Zora Neale Hurston. Out of print for almost thirty years—due largely to initial audiences’ rejection of its strong black female protagonist—Hurston’s classic has since its 1978 reissue become perhaps the most widely read and highly acclaimed novel in the canon of African-American literature.”

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About The Author, Zora Neale Hurston

Born in 1891 in Alabama, Zora Neale Hurston became a writer, advocate, and anthropologist. Hurston’s family raised her in Eatonville, Florida.

She is well-known for portraying racial tensions in the early 20th-century, especially in the south. Toni Morrison deemed her, “One of the greatest writers of our time.”

Hurston died in 1960. You can read more about Hurston and her many novels, essays, folklore, and autobiography here.

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