Hurston Zora Neale - Jonah's Gourd Vine A Novel - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A story of love and community written by the hand of Zora Neale Hurston one of the 20th century's greatest authors and a woman who truly understands her characters motivations. This modern classic edition of Jonah's Gourd Vine features an updated cover and a P. S. section which includes insights interviews and more. Jonah's Gourd Vine Zora Neale Hurston's first novel originally published in 1934, tells the story of John Buddy Pearson a living exultation of a young man who loves too many women for his own good. Lucy his long - suffering wife is his true love but there's also Mehaly and Big Oman and the scheming Hattie who conjures hoodoo spells to ensure his attentions. Even after becoming the popular pastor of Zion Hope where his sermons and prayers for cleansing rouse the congregation's fervor he has to confess that though he is a preacher on Sundays he is a natchel man the rest of the week. And so in this sympathetic portrait of a man and his community shows that faith and tolerance and good intentions cannot resolve the tension between the spiritual and the physical. That Zora Neale Hurston makes this age - old dilemma come so alive is a tribute to her understanding of the vagaries of human nature.
Title: Jonah's Gourd Vine A Novel
Author(s): Hurston Zora Neale
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780061350191
Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/8/2008