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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale HurstonForeword by Ruby Dee. Introduction by Sherley Anne Williams. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Cloth978-0-252-01778-0
$28.95
| Pub Date: | 1991 |
| Pages: | 288 pages |
When first published in 1937, this novel about a proud, independent black woman was generally dismissed by male reviewers. It was out of print for almost thirty years, but since its reissue in a paperback edition by the University of Illinois Press in 1978 it has become perhaps the most widely read and highly acclaimed novel in the canon of African-American literature.
Now, with the publication of this richly illustrated deluxe edition, a novel by a black woman is accorded the kind of treatment usually reserved for white male writers.
"I urge you to read Their Eyes Were Watching God. This extraordinary fictional achievement is now considered the finest black novel of its time (and surely it is one of the finest of all time). Their Eyes belongs in the category--with that of William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ernest Hemingway--of enduring American literature."--Doris Grumbach, Saturday Review
"Their Eyes Were Watching God is a celebration of black folk culture, of love between equals, of a woman's self-discovery. It is one of the few novels that successfully integrates folk expression and original fiction; the folk culture is not just a setting but a force in the story."--Susan Blake, American Book Review
"There is no book more important to me than this one."--Alice Walker
"Their Eyes Were Watching God is one of the most poetic works of fiction by a black writer in the first half of the twentieth century and one of the most revealing treatments in modern literature of a woman's quest for a satisfying life."--Robert E. Hemenway, Zora Neale Hurston: A Literary Biography.
"Their Eyes Were Watching God is revolutionary because it does not speak about the love relationship between a black man and woman -- because it does speak about a variety of relationships people share -- and because Zora didn't have to go outside of the community to speak about these things. Her book helps us see ourselves."--Gayl Jones, author of Corregidora
Zora Neale Hurston (1901-60) was a novelist, folklorist, anthropologist, and author of five novel, a folklore collection, numerous short stories, and an autobiography. Their Eyes Were Watching God is considered her most outstanding achievement. Jerry Pinkey has won numerous awards for his illustrations, particularly of children's books, and has illustrated limited-edition books by writers including William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, James Michener, and Vladimir Nabokov. Ruby Dee wrote and starred in the 1990 PBS television program "Zora Is My Name!" Sherley Anne Williams, a leading poet, is professor of English at the University of California at SanDiego. For this edition she has greatly expanded upon a prefatory piece initially written for the 1978 paperback edition.
Awards:
Awarded First Place in the Adult Trade Category in the Chicago Women in Publishing Competition.
Subjects:
Southern History & Culture / Women's Studies / Literature, American / Black Studies
