About this title: When Janie, at sixteen, is caught kissing shiftless Johnny Taylor, her grandmother swiftly marries her off to an old man with sixty acres. Refusing to compromise in spite of society's expectations, Janie endures two stifling marriages before meeting the man of her dreams, who offers not diamonds, but a packet of flowering seeds...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Virago Press
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780860685241ISBN:0860685241
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Virago Press
Date Published: 1993
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Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780860685241ISBN:0860685241
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 304 pages. (294 pages) * zora neale hurston's masterpiece is perhaps the most widely read and highly regarded novel in the entire canon of african american literature. edition new ed (Paperback) read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Virago Press
Date Published: 04/02/1986
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780860685241ISBN:0860685241
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Description: New. When, at sixteen, Janie is caught kissing shiftless Johnny Taylor, her grandmother swiftly marries her off to an old man with sixty acres. Janie endures two stifling marriages before she finally meets the man of her dreams-who offers not diamonds. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company (UK), UK
ISBN-13:9780860685241ISBN:0860685241
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. This tale of a woman's quest for fulfilment and self-discovery follows the story of Janie whose experiences make her recognize that husbands are just things to drape her dreams over. ISBN10: 0860685241. read more
"You know those books that sit on your shelf and mock you for being too hesitant to pick them up? We all have them. They sit there, perched on the edge of the shelf like hooligans on a stoop tossing out insults to passersby and just daring them to pick them up and give 'em a spin. For me, Their Eyes Were Watching God was the ringleader of my abusive books. It would yell vicious things at me as I sat near the shelf and once, in collusion with my long-time archenemy gravity, contrived to whap me upside the head. Suffice to say, I was intimidated. Yet we all have to face our fears at some time and February seemed like the right time for me.
Looking back on my years-long avoidance of this book, I can't help but think that I make some truly awful decisions. This is one of the most lyrically beautiful books that I have ever read and, at the same time, one of the most ground-breaking portraits of an independent woman's voice that I've ever come across. Neale Hurston's book is simultaneously a work of art and a strong declaration of independence for the entire female gender.
Janie is a woman who first tries to conform herself to the molds that she has been taught in the form of two very dissatisfying marriages to men who feel compelled to, after heaping praise upon her for her independent spirit, snuff it completely out. After the death of her second husband, Janie chucks social propriety out the window and listens instead to that niggling voice inside that dares her to dream of a better life, even if the person she wants to share that life with is far beneath her on the limiting rungs of social positioning. Instead this man, the charming and appreciative Tea Cake, is a rascal who cares more about enjoying the everyday moments of life than he does for climbing to the top of the dung heap. His very lack of sober seriousness is what draws Janie to him, his living example proof of what is possible for her.
Hurston's style is beautiful, her poetic prose balanced perfectly with spot-on accurate renderings of the rural Southern dialect. J.D. Salinger, who I hold in the absolute highest esteem when it comes to rating dialogue, is put to shame by Hurston's ability to craft the slow drawl and missing consonants in her characters' speech. Reading it can not help but conjure each person's voice within your head so that, after a while, it's as though you're listening to a radio telecast rather than reading a book."
"This book was a little hard to get into, just because of the styl of writing. Zora Neale Hurston uses authentic African-American language from times of slavery throughout the book, and for me, someone who has never read anything like that, it was very strange at first. There are times when I had to read out loud to understand what they were saying. However, this book sends a powerful message about the state of the African-American woman during and just after the time of slavery. It was very interesting, as it was told from the perspective of an African-American woman. Just be prepared for a little confusion as you start this book.
Janie is a girl who has always known what she wants. Throughout her life, she is searching for something, and she has to go through three different marriages to finally find what she is looking for. Amidst the trials of poverty, and feelings of helplessness, and the difficulties of being unloved, Janie perserves until she can find happiness and peace in her life."
"wow. long time since i chuckled and suffered over the same book...so unexpected, i only picked it up out of a vague sense of familiarity. wrong. id actually never heard of it. how is that possible?? it is nothing short of classic. i mean you have to get accustomed to the flow of the dialect, but its a lesson that pays. it adds authenticity to the novel and the irony of reading it is priceless. i guess the title captured me. but its the prose that i savor. its unlike anything ive ever read. i cant even describe it. a 30s novel? this story is groundbreaking. not just every black woman, every woman should read this. to witness the successful struggle against all - your race, not your race, your gender, not your gender, your self, your age, your convention...at all cost. for love of ones family, love of ones soul mate and more importantly, love of ones self. and on top of that, its just a darn good story told."
"At first, this book was hard to get into. I had a hard time getting past the way the author wrote the conversations between the different characters. But once I was able to do that, I really enjoyed this book.
About a girl, Janie, who doesn't see color and doesn't know she is black until she is older and sees a picture of herself She is content to let others think what is best for her until she grow's up and finds out what she really wants. Love. She wants to be loved unconditionally and vice versa. She learns about love and it's heartache's, sacrifice's, joy's, trials etc. She learns that she can truly be happy if she allows herself.
I felt that Hurston really pulled everything together and brought her point home in the last chapter. I just found this to be a beautiful book."
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