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A story of love and community, written by the hand of Zora Neale Hurston, one of the 20th century’s greatest authors, and a woman who truly understands her characters’ motivations. This modern classic edition of Jonah's Gourd Vine features an updated cover and a P.S. section which includes insights, interviews,…
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1 author picked Jonah's Gourd Vine as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
It’s the colorful story of John Pearson, a son of emancipated slaves, and his struggles to advance himself and achieve security, respectability, and spiritual fulfillment in the face of cultural barriers and irresistible temptations.
John is a human being with the full set of human strengths and weaknesses in an era when much of the human race was not universally regarded as human. Thus, the novel is an unadorned portrayal of the lives and culture of rural black Americans in the Deep South after Reconstruction.
It is a valuable resource, memorializing their language, their lifestyle, their beliefs, and their legacy.…
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