Eric's review
Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston (Lisa Drew Books (Paperback))
by Valerie Boyd
Eric's review
Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston (Lisa Drew Books (Paperback)) by Valerie Boyd
Eric's review
rating:
recommended for: I don’t say this lightly, This aint for beginners
So far a pretty deep look at a figure loved both by the Black Bourgeois and white liberals. Its disturbing because
while they say its about her fiesty independence, what they really are drawn too is her personal self loathing and her loathing of radical and progressive Black people.
UPDATE*********
o.k. my previous comments were much too simplistic. This women was so deep, heroic, and still disturbingly..... I don't know. This well written book was a hard read because of her complexity, love and spirit but also her weakness, which isn't a actually critique more of a reflection of very trying times. Yet she had it better than many and chose not to reflect on that, but she did try to reflect on those left behind. The author was a bit too kind with Hurston, but over all balanced. I am pleasantly amazed!
Very difficult read, but I'm glade I actually got to know this women
while they say its about her fiesty independence, what they really are drawn too is her personal self loathing and her loathing of radical and progressive Black people.
UPDATE*********
o.k. my previous comments were much too simplistic. This women was so deep, heroic, and still disturbingly..... I don't know. This well written book was a hard read because of her complexity, love and spirit but also her weakness, which isn't a actually critique more of a reflection of very trying times. Yet she had it better than many and chose not to reflect on that, but she did try to reflect on those left behind. The author was a bit too kind with Hurston, but over all balanced. I am pleasantly amazed!
Very difficult read, but I'm glade I actually got to know this women
