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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.

Hurston, Zora Neale, (author.). Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. (Added Author). Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- (Added Author).

Summary:

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Set in Florida in the early twentieth century, this is the story of Janie Crawford, a black woman in her forties, as told to her friend Phoeby. The granddaughter of a woman born in slavery, independent Janie evolves through poverty, trials, and three marriages.

Record details

ISBN: 9780060838676 (paperback)
Physical Description: xviii, 219, 16 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition.
Publisher: New York : Harper Perennial Modern Classics, [2013]
Copyright: ©1937

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: 1937. "75th anniversary edition"--Cover.
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.