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Their Eyes Were Watching God Paperback - 2006

by Zora Neale Hurston

Hurston's most highly acclaimed novel returns in a beautiful new edition, in time to celebrate Black History Month.


About this book

Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel and the best-known work by African American writer Zora Neale Hurston. Hurston wrote the novel in a reported seven weeks while visited Haiti. Set in central and southern Florida in the early 20th century, the novel garnered attention and controversy at the time of its publication but fell out of print for a number of years. Its popularity was resurrected in the 1970s by an article in Ms. Magazine by Alice Walker "Looking for Zora." Their Eyes Were Watching God has come to be regarded as a seminal work in both African American literature and women's literature. Time included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.

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A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick

"A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don't know how to live properly." --Zadie Smith

One of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love story with the wit and pathos found only in the writing of Zora Neale Hurston. Out of print for almost thirty years--due largely to initial audiences' rejection of its strong black female protagonist--Hurston's classic has since its 1978 reissue become perhaps the most widely read and highly acclaimed novel in the canon of African-American literature.

From the rear cover

One of the most important works of twentieth-century American literature, Zora Neale Hurston's beloved 1937 classic, Their Eyes Were Watching God, is an enduring Southern love story sparkling with wit, beauty, and heartfelt wisdom. Told in the captivating voice of a woman who refuses to live in sorrow, bitterness, fear, or foolish romantic dreams, it is the story of fair-skinned, fiercely independent Janie Crawford, and her evolving selfhood through three marriages and a life marked by poverty, trials, and purpose. A true literary wonder, Hurston's masterwork remains as relevant and affecting today as when it was first published--perhaps the most widely read and highly regarded novel in the entire canon of African American literature.

First Edition Identification

The first edition of Their Eyes Were Watching God was published in 1937 by J.B. Lippincott Company, in Philadelphia. 

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  • Title Their Eyes Were Watching God
  • Author Zora Neale Hurston
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 264
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Amistad Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2006-05-30
  • Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780061120060 / 0061120065
  • Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.8 in (20.57 x 13.97 x 2.03 cm)
  • Reading level 890
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1930's
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, African American women
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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