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Their eyes were watching God / Zora Neale Hurston ; with a foreword by Edwidge Danticat and an afterword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Summary:

One person the citizens of Eaton are inclined to judge is Janie Crawford, who has married three men and been tried for the murder of one of them. Janie feels no compulsion to justify herself to the town, but she does explain herself to her friend, Phoeby, with the implicit understanding that Phoeby can "tell 'em what Ah say if you wants to. Dat's just de same as me 'cause mah tongue is in mah friend's mouf."

A novel about black Americans in Florida that centers on the life of Janie and her three marriages.

Record details

ISBN: 9780061120060
ISBN: 0061120065
ISBN: 0060838671
ISBN: 9780060838676
Physical Description: xviii, 219, 16 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: 1st Harper Perennial Modern Classics ed.
Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, 2006.
Copyright: copyright 1937, copyright 1965.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Copyright 1937 by Zora Neale Hurston. Renewed 1965." T.p. verso. "A hardcover edition of this book was originally published by J.B. Lippincott, Inc."--Title page verso. "First Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition published 2006." T.p. verso
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-210).
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword / Edwidge Danticat -- Their eyes were watching God -- Afterword / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. -- Selected bibliography -- Chronology.
Awards Note:	ALA banned and challenged classics