Their Eyes Were Watching God
The essential American classic with an introduction by Zadie Smith
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Release Date: 23/01/1986
The essential American classic with an introduction by Zadie Smith ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL NOVELS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
The 80th anniversary of Zora Neale Hurston's masterpiece - perhaps the most widely read and highly regarded novel in the entire canon of African American literature.
'This novel is a packet of surprises as we have no idea what's going to happen next' GUARDIAN
'One of the greatest writers of our time' TONI MORRISON
'Devilishly funny and academically solid: delicious mixture' MAYA ANGELOU
'There is no novel I love more' ZADIE SMITH
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 meeting the man of her dreams - who offers not diamonds, but a packet of flowering seeds.