Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paul's Books #5859)
by Zora Neale Hurston | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0060916508 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0060916508 Global Overview for this book
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Paul's Books #5859
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this great book! I truly appreciated the foreword telling so much about the author, Zora Neale Hurston! What an amazing woman!
From the back of the book: "Zora Neale Hurston was a novelist, folklorist, and anthropoligist whose fictional and factual accounts of black heritage are unparalleled." ...and of the story: "Janie is one black woman who doesn't have to live lost in sorrow, bitterness, fear, of foolish romantic dreams, for Janie has learned--'two things everybody's got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got tuh go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin fuh theyselves.' "
There were so many poignant passages in this book, but I decided to just memorialize one:
Page 183: "Of course he wasn't dead. He could never be dead until she herself had finished feeling and thinking. The kiss of his memory made pictures of love and light against the wall. Here was peace. She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulder. So much of life in its meshes! She called in her soul to come and see."
From the back of the book: "Zora Neale Hurston was a novelist, folklorist, and anthropoligist whose fictional and factual accounts of black heritage are unparalleled." ...and of the story: "Janie is one black woman who doesn't have to live lost in sorrow, bitterness, fear, of foolish romantic dreams, for Janie has learned--'two things everybody's got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got tuh go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin fuh theyselves.' "
There were so many poignant passages in this book, but I decided to just memorialize one:
Page 183: "Of course he wasn't dead. He could never be dead until she herself had finished feeling and thinking. The kiss of his memory made pictures of love and light against the wall. Here was peace. She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulder. So much of life in its meshes! She called in her soul to come and see."
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Bookring order:
1. imawinn2 Wisconsin (ship anywhere)
2. k256 UK (BOOK IS STALLED HERE. PLEASE UPDATE!)
3. nikel27 Germany
Back to PaulsBooks
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this book is starting it's travels as a bookring and is traveling to imawinn2. Happy travels!
this book is starting it's travels as a bookring and is traveling to imawinn2. Happy travels!
I received this book in last night's mail. I had never heard of this author or this story but after seeing it offered by PaulsBooks, it sounded so interesting. I have a couple of chapters to read in another book and then I will delve into this book ASAP. Many thanks to PaulsBooks for sharing!
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What a wonderful, bittersweet story. I can see why this is touted as an American Classic. In fact, I read "Their Eyes" in 2 sittings. I loved Hurston's wit and symbolism as she tells the story of Janie, a young woman living in Florida. Some may have difficulty following the cultural dialect that Hurston uses in her storytelling, but I can't see it told in any other way. To me, it adds to the richness and flavor of Janie's story. I enjoyed the story as a whole. I especially loved the banter between the characters and the section about the town mule.
What a wonderful, bittersweet story. I can see why this is touted as an American Classic. In fact, I read "Their Eyes" in 2 sittings. I loved Hurston's wit and symbolism as she tells the story of Janie, a young woman living in Florida. Some may have difficulty following the cultural dialect that Hurston uses in her storytelling, but I can't see it told in any other way. To me, it adds to the richness and flavor of Janie's story. I enjoyed the story as a whole. I especially loved the banter between the characters and the section about the town mule.
I received this book thismorning. I have not read any of her books so I am looking forward to this one.
Thanks to PaulsBooks.
Thanks to imawinn2 for the bookmark.
Thanks to PaulsBooks.
Thanks to imawinn2 for the bookmark.
