Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel
Category: Livres anglais et trangers,Literature & Fiction,Classics
Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel Details
A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick“A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don’t know how to live properly.” —Zadie SmithOne 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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Reviews
The author chose to tell the story in the voice of the main character, a mixed-race woman of the South.This made it very convincing for me.There's no political angle, it's just a love story and the background is entirely alive, as are the characters.
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