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Nov 03, 2008
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One woman's struggle for independence.
Zora Neale Hurston was part of the Harlem Renaissance of writers. This work takes place from about 1899-1930 in the deep south. It tells the story of Janie who is first married to Logan Kennick, an older "safe" farmer, and then to Joe Starks, a smooth-talking "respectable" man, but finally finds love with TeaCake, a gambler and migrant worker. She slowly comes to realize her own desires and to stand up for herself.
An extraordinary work, altho ...more
One woman's struggle for independence.
Zora Neale Hurston was part of the Harlem Renaissance of writers. This work takes place from about 1899-1930 in the deep south. It tells the story of Janie who is first married to Logan Kennick, an older "safe" farmer, and then to Joe Starks, a smooth-talking "respectable" man, but finally finds love with TeaCake, a gambler and migrant worker. She slowly comes to realize her own desires and to stand up for herself.
An extraordinary work, altho ...more
I thought this was going to be a hard read so it's been languishing on my tbr forever. It was a hard read but not in the way that I thought it was going to be. But it was totally worth it.
At first, it was hard to get into the story, the language, and even the protagonist. While I can understand writing dialogue as they would've spoken added that bit of authenticity to a story, I struggled a lot with it and have had to re-read sentences over (sometimes more than once) to understand. I just had to ...more
At first, it was hard to get into the story, the language, and even the protagonist. While I can understand writing dialogue as they would've spoken added that bit of authenticity to a story, I struggled a lot with it and have had to re-read sentences over (sometimes more than once) to understand. I just had to ...more
This amazing book must be read with careful consideration for the time in which it was written. Modern sensibilities would certainly be offended by much of the language and some of the characters, but I believe Hurston wrote with a sure hand about people she knew and understood. And the writing is so gorgeous!
Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher tu ...more
Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher tu ...more
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a classic African-American book I think would have been appropriate to read next month (February) as it is African-American Heritage Month.
It is also a book I had on my TBR for a long time (my flight attendant days). Yes, I understand why we need to read diverse books that are different from my community's.
On one hand, I loved the writing style, and I loved the main character and following her journey through life's struggles. On the other hand, I felt the story ...more
It is also a book I had on my TBR for a long time (my flight attendant days). Yes, I understand why we need to read diverse books that are different from my community's.
On one hand, I loved the writing style, and I loved the main character and following her journey through life's struggles. On the other hand, I felt the story ...more
Interesting story about a pretty, light-skinned black woman's life and loves. She married for security, for excitement and for love.
The southern speech makes for difficult reading. It didn't bog me down much as I read, but I had a terrible time finding things when I referred back in the text. I did not care for the Foreward or Afterward, but the Chronology and Valerie Boyd's "She WAS the Party" describing Zora Neale Hurston were both very interesting.
Janie is a strong woman who started as a gir ...more
The southern speech makes for difficult reading. It didn't bog me down much as I read, but I had a terrible time finding things when I referred back in the text. I did not care for the Foreward or Afterward, but the Chronology and Valerie Boyd's "She WAS the Party" describing Zora Neale Hurston were both very interesting.
Janie is a strong woman who started as a gir ...more
This book showed the development of the main character from a young, unwilling bride who is unhappy, to a runaway bride who becomes an object of status, to an independent woman free to love someone of her choice. The development arc was very interesting and Hurston's descriptions of life in 1930's Florida was fascinating. She reveals many interesting aspects of rural black life, such as jook joints, harvesting in the muck of the Everglades, relationships with Indians and whites, and the white ju
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A gem of a novel!
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