Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography - Brossura

Hurston, Zora Neale

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0062004832 ISBN 13: 9780062004833

Casa editrice: Amistad Pr, 2010

Riassunto

&;Warm, witty, imaginative. . . . This is a rich and winning book.&;&;The New Yorker

Dust Tracks on a Road is the bold, poignant, and funny autobiography of novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, one of American literature&;s most compelling and influential authors. Hurston&;s powerful novels of the South&;including Jonah&;s Gourd Vine and, most famously, Their Eyes Were Watching God&;continue to enthrall readers with their lyrical grace, sharp detail, and captivating emotionality. First published in 1942, Dust Tracks on a Road is Hurston&;s personal story, told in her own words. The Perennial Modern Classics Deluxe edition includes an all-new forward by Maya Angelou, an extended biography by Valerie Boyd, and a special P.S. section featuring the contemporary reviews that greeted the book&;s original publication.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Zora Neale Hurston was a novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist. An author of four novels (Jonah’s Gourd Vine, 1934; Their Eyes Were Watching God, 1937; Moses, Man of the Mountain, 1939; and Seraph on the Suwanee, 1948); two books of folklore (Mules and Men, 1935, and Tell My Horse, 1938); an autobiography (Dust Tracks on a Road, 1942); and over fifty short stories, essays, and plays. She attended Howard University, Barnard College and Columbia University, and was a graduate of Barnard College in 1927. She was born on January 7, 1891, in Notasulga, Alabama, and grew up in Eatonville, Florida. She died in Fort Pierce, in 1960.  In 1973, Alice Walker had a headstone placed at her gravesite with this epitaph: “Zora Neale Hurston: A Genius of the South.”

 

Dalla quarta di copertina:

First published in 1942 at the heightof her popularity, Dust Tracks ona Road is Zora Neale Hurston&;scandid, funny, bold, andpoignant autobiography, animaginative and exuberantaccount of her rise from childhood povertyin the rural South to a prominent placeamong the leading artists and intellectualsof the Harlem Renaissance. As compelling asher acclaimed fiction, Hurston&;s very personalliterary self-portrait offers a revealing, oftenaudacious glimpse into the life&;publicand private&;of an extraordinary artist,anthropologist, chronicler, and champion ofthe Black experience in America. Full of thewit and wisdom of a proud, spirited womanwho started off low and climbed high, DustTracks on a Road is a rare treasure from oneof literature&;s most cherished voices.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Amistad Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0062004832
• ISBN 13: 9780062004833
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 308