Jonah's Gourd Vine: A Novel (P.S.)

Jonah's Gourd Vine: A Novel (P.S.)
by Zora Neale Hurston

Jonah's Gourd Vine: A Novel (P.S.)
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Author: Zora Neale Hurston
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-08
ISBN: 0061350192
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

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Book Review: Classic!!
Summary: 5 Stars

This is at the top of my must reads for my daughter. The lessons of life were all through the book. The main character John reminded me of many men I see today. The subject matters are so true for all that happens today. This is a book that will always have a part in the world we live in. The only problem some may have is it's written in deep southern dialect with even more deep south saying. I'd love to see this as a movie.....Classic!

Summary of Jonah's Gourd Vine: A Novel (P.S.)

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 Mehaley and Big 'Oman, as well as 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, John 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, Zora Neale Hurston shows that faith, tolerance, and good intentions cannot resolve the tension between the spiritual and the physical. That she makes this age-old dilemma come so alive is a tribute to her understanding of the vagaries of human nature.

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