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Language: English Topic: African American / Contemporary Women, Cultural Heritage, African American / General, General, Literary height: 0.7 in Item Height: 0.7 in Book Title: Jonah's Gourd Vine : a Novel Genre: Fiction ISBN: 9780061350191 Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Year: 2008 width: 5.3 in Number of Pages: 288 Pages Author: Zora Neale Hurston Item Width: 5.3 in Item Weight: 8 Oz Item Length: 8 in Format: Trade Paperback

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Jonah's Gourd Vine, Paperback by Hurston, Zora Neale, Like New Used, Free shi.... This modern classic edition of Jonah's Gourd Vine features an updated cover and a. section which includes insights, interviews, and more. 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. Jonah's Gourd Vine, Paperback by Hurston, Zora Neale, ISBN 0061350192, ISBN-13 9780061350191, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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 . 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.