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Jonah's Gourd Vine de Zora Neale Hurston

Jonah's Gourd Vine: Virago Modern Classics

Autor Zora Neale Hurston
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 feb 2020
INTRODUCED BY JESMYN WARD

'One of the greatest writers of our time' Toni Morrison

Born on the wrong side of the creek, John Buddy Pearson, the son of a slave, strikes out alone. Gaining an education and the love of Lucy Potts, he seems to have left his shoeless days behind. But unable to resist the lure of women or a fight, he's forced to flee town or face life on the chain gang.

Finding himself in Sanford, Florida, John discovers a talent for preaching and becomes pastor of Zion Hope Church. He rouses his congregation's fervour with powerful sermons and people come from far to hear him. With John's charisma and Lucy's quiet wisdom, the family is respected and admired. Before long, though, John is praying for his own sins - for his powers of persuasion aren't limited to the pulpit, and the town won't tolerate his philandering ways.

Originally published in 1934, this is Zora Neale Hurston's first novel.

'A bold and beautiful book, many a page priceless and unforgettable' Carl Sandburg

'Zora Neale Hurston was a knockout in her life, a wonderful writer and a fabulous person. Devilishly funny and academically solid: delicious mixture' Maya Angelou
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780349012223
ISBN-10: 0349012229
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 126 x 196 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Little Brown Book Group
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Notă biografică

Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was a novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist. An author of four novels (Jonah's Gourd Vine, 1934; Their Eyes Were Watching God, 1937; Moses, Man of the Mountain, 1939; and Seraph on the Suwanee, 1948); two books of folklore (Mules and Men, 1935, and Tell My Horse, 1938); an autobiography (Dust Tracks on a Road, 1942); and over fifty short stories, essays, and plays.

She attended Howard University, Barnard College and Columbia University, and was a graduate of Barnard College in 1927. She also grew up in Alabama.

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This vibrant first novel by Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most influential African-American writers, is reissued with a new introduction by Jesmyn Ward.

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Jonah's Gourd Vine, Zora Neale Hurston's first novel, originally published in 1934, tells the story of John Buddy Pearson, "a living exultation" of a young man who loves too many women for his own good. Lucy, his long-suffering wife, is his true love, but there's also Mehaley and Big 'Oman, as well as the scheming Hattie, who conjures hoodoo spells to ensure his attentions. Even after becoming the popular pastor of Zion Hope, where his sermons and prayers for cleansing rouse the congregation's fervor, John has to confess that though he is a preacher on Sundays, he is a "natchel man" the rest of the week. And so in this sympathetic portrait of a man and his community, Zora Neale Hurston shows that faith, tolerance, and good intentions cannot resolve the tension between the spiritual and the physical. That she makes this age-old dilemma come so alive is a tribute to her understanding of the vagaries of human nature.