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Dust Tracks on a Road. "Warm, witty, imaginative. . . . This is a rich and winning book."—The New Yorker. From Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most important African American writers of the twentieth century, comes her riveting autobiography—now available in a limited Olive Edition. First published in 1942 at the height of her popularity ...
ends Dust Tracks on a Road by saying, "I have no race prejudice of any kind."11 Going on to deny the existence of a problem, she writes: My kinfolks, and my "skin-folks" are dearly loved. My own circumference of everyday life is there. But I see their same virtues and vices everywhere I look. So I give you all my right hand of
19 de may. de 2024 · Dust Tracks was by far Hurston's most heavily edited book, and few of the changes were for the better. And yet, passages in Dust Tracks are as engaging as any Hurston wrote. Recollections of her childhood are vividly evoked: Hurston chronicles adventures with her imaginary playmate; the “lying sessions” on Joe Clarke's Eatonville store ...
3 de ene. de 2006 · 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 ...
First published in 1942 at the height of her popularity, Dust Tracks on a Road is Zora Neale Hurston’s candid, funny, bold, and poignant autobiography—an imaginative and exuberant account of her childhood in the rural South and her rise to a prominent place among the leading artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance.
4 de jul. de 2020 · Maya Angelou’s Preface makes it clear the Zora Neale Hurston’s attempt at autobiography is also an attempt at autocreation. Rather than providing a matter-of-fact account of what she has done and when, Hurston mixes together fiction to create an origin story for herself. That said, the book was first published in 1942, and it shows many ...
4 de abr. de 2019 · She published her masterwork, Their Eyes Were Watching God, in 1937; Tell My Horse, her study of Caribbean Voodoo practices, in 1938; and another masterful novel, Moses, Man of the Mountain, in 1939. When her autobiography, Dust Tracks on a Road, was published in 1942, Hurston finally received the well-earned acclaim that had long eluded her.
