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This may be the least known American classic. Stunning use of language. Reading it took my breath away...
4.5 stars
Zora Neale Hurston was primarily a journalist and folklorist, the latter made manifest by this book just as the former is by her extended interview Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo". I still intend to read her memoir.
As time passes, writers like Hurston gain more acclaim because they took the time to document and record what is easily passed over until it's gone. Folk stories, music, and culture are easily lost as generations pass and change. And while this is a work of fic ...more
Zora Neale Hurston was primarily a journalist and folklorist, the latter made manifest by this book just as the former is by her extended interview Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo". I still intend to read her memoir.
As time passes, writers like Hurston gain more acclaim because they took the time to document and record what is easily passed over until it's gone. Folk stories, music, and culture are easily lost as generations pass and change. And while this is a work of fic ...more
I've wanted to read this for a long time. I enjoyed it, but found the vernacular a bit tough to follow. Still a good read.
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Mar 20, 2007
Erika
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Jan 08, 2009
Noam
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it was amazing
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Jan 05, 2014
Jessica
marked it as to-read
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Kaitlin
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Feb 28, 2015
Becki
marked it as to-read
