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In this 1939 novel based on the familiar story of the Exodus, Zora Neale Hurston blends the Moses of the Old Testament with the Moses of black folklore and song to create a compelling allegory of power, redemption, and faith. Narrated in a mixture of biblical rhetoric, black dialect, and colloquial English, Hurston traces Moses's life from the day he is launched into the Nile river in a reed basket, to his development as a great magician, to his transformation into the heroic rebel leader, the Great Emancipator. From his dramatic confrontations with Pharaoh to his fragile negotiations with the wary Hebrews, this very human story is told with great humor, passion, and psychological insight--the hallmarks of Hurston as a writer and champion of black culture.
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"The real thing, warm, humorous, poetic." -- The New Yorker
"A narrative of great power. Warm with friendly personality and pulsating with...profound eloquence and religious fervor."--New York Times
"The real thing, warm, humorous, poetic."--The New Yorker
The real thing, warm, humorous, poetic. --The New Yorker"
A narrative of great power. Warm with friendly personality and pulsating with...profound eloquence and religious fervor. --New York Times"
-The real thing, warm, humorous, poetic.---The New Yorker
-A narrative of great power. Warm with friendly personality and pulsating with...profound eloquence and religious fervor.---New York Times
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"A narrative of great power. Warm with friendly personality and pulsating with...profound eloquence and religious fervor."--New York Times
"The real thing, warm, humorous, poetic."--The New Yorker
The real thing, warm, humorous, poetic. --The New Yorker"
A narrative of great power. Warm with friendly personality and pulsating with...profound eloquence and religious fervor. --New York Times"
-The real thing, warm, humorous, poetic.---The New Yorker
-A narrative of great power. Warm with friendly personality and pulsating with...profound eloquence and religious fervor.---New York Times
Zora Neale Hurston, the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God, was deemed -one of the greatest writers of our time- by Toni Morrison. With the publication of Lies and Other Tall Tales, The Skull Talks Back, and What's the Hurry, Fox? new generations will be introduced to Hurston's legacy. She was born in Notasulga, Alabama, in 1891, and died in 1960.
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- PublisherBorgo Pr
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0809590336
- ISBN 13 9780809590339
- BindingHardcover
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