By Zora Neale Hurston
Reading this book was such a pleasure. It kept reminding me how silly people's request that you don't "reveal the ending" is. It really doesn't matter if you know the story, because how it's made (written/directed) should be the thing that draws you in. So here's a story everybody knows, Moses from the bible. And still it's so beautifully written and told. Of course, it's also an allegory to, and analysis of, the state of African Americans in the United States before and after the Civil War. It was really fun reading it right after reading her memoir, Dust Tracks on a Road, because some issues she touches on there (such as My People, My People!) are referenced here. [352 pp., including extras]
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