Author: A J V Hurston
Publisher: Vantage Press Inc
Keywords: novel, turin, shroud
Number of Pages: 731
Published: 2009-05-11
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0533156831
ISBN-13: 9780533156832
The Shroud of Turin will bring you to your knees. A.J.V. Hurston has delivered in his first published novel a read that tests the very power of heaven over hell and good over evil. This tale of racism, friendship, and family ties will forever change the way we look at each other as human beings.
Author: Zora Neale Hurston
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Keywords: men, mules
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2008-01-01
List price: $13.99
ISBN-10: 0061350176
ISBN-13: 9780061350177
Mules and Men is a treasury of black America’s folklore as collected by a famous storyteller and anthropologist who grew up hearing the songs and sermons, sayings and tall tales that have formed an oral history of the South since the time of slavery. Returning to her hometown of Eatonville, Florida, to gather material, Zora Neale Hurston recalls "a hilarious night with a pinch of everything social mixed with the storytelling." Set intimately within the social context of black life, the stories, "big old lies," songs, Vodou customs, and superstitions recorded in these pages capture the i
Author: Zora Neale Hurston
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Keywords: god, watching, eyes
Number of Pages: 219
Published: 2006-01-03
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 0060838671
ISBN-13: 9780060838676
One of the most important works of twentieth-century American literature, Zora Neale Hurston’s beloved 1937 classic, Their Eyes Were Watching God, is an enduring Southern love story sparkling with wit, beauty, and heartfelt wisdom. Told in the captivating voice of a woman who refuses to live in sorrow, bitterness, fear, or foolish romantic dreams, it is the story of fair-skinned, fiercely independent Janie Crawford, and her evolving selfhood through three marriages and a life marked by poverty, trials, and purpose. A true literary wonder, Hurston’s masterwork remains as relevant an
Author: Zora Neale Hurston
Publisher: Caedmon
Keywords: god, watching, eyes
Published: 2004-12-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0060776536
ISBN-13: 9780060776534
Author: Zora Neale Hurston
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Keywords: god, watching, eyes
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2006-06-01
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 0061120065
ISBN-13: 9780061120060
One of the most important works of twentieth-century American literature, Zora Neale Hurston’s beloved 1937 classic, Their Eyes Were Watching God, is an enduring Southern love story sparkling with wit, beauty, and heartfelt wisdom. Told in the captivating voice of a woman who refuses to live in sorrow, bitterness, fear, or foolish romantic dreams, it is the story of fair-skinned, fiercely independent Janie Crawford, and her evolving selfhood through three marriages and a life marked by poverty, trials, and purpose. A true literary wonder, Hurston’s masterwork remains as relevant a
Author: Zora Neale Hurston
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Keywords: god, watching, eyes
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1991-10-01
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 0252017781
ISBN-13: 9780252017780
Initially published in 1937, this novel about a proud, independent black woman has, since its reissue in trade paper in 1978, been the most widely read and highly acclaimed novel in the canon of African-American literature. With this richly illustrated new edition, the novel is finally accorded the treatment it deserves as a classic.
Author: Zora Neale Hurston
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Keywords: stories, complete
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2008-01-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0061350184
ISBN-13: 9780061350184
This landmark gathering of Zora Neale Hurston’s short fiction—most of which appeared only in literary magazines during her lifetime—reveals the evolution of one of the most important African American writers. Spanning her career from 1921 to 1955, these stories attest to Hurston’s tremendous range and establish themes that recur in her longer fiction. With rich language and imagery, the stories in this collection not only map Hurston’s development and concerns as a writer but also provide an invaluable reflection of the mind and imagination of the author of the acclaimed
