Dust Tracks On A Road
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With a new introduction by JESMYN WARD
'Warm, witty, imaginative . . . A rich and winning book' NEW YORKER
'Devilishly funny and academically solid: delicious mixture' MAYA ANGELOU
'One of the greatest writers of our time' TONI MORRISON
First published in 1942 at the height of her popularity, Dust Tracks on a Road is Zora Neale Hurston's candid, exuberant account of her rise from childhood poverty in the rural South to a prominent place among the leading artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance.
As compelling as her acclaimed fiction, Hurston's literary self-portrait offers a revealing, often audacious glimpse into the life - public and private - of an extraordinary artist, anthropologist, chronicler and champion of the black experience in America. Full of the wit and wisdom of a proud, spirited woman who started off low and climbed high: 'I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows with a harp and a sword in my hands'.
'Warm, witty, imaginative . . . A rich and winning book' NEW YORKER
'Devilishly funny and academically solid: delicious mixture' MAYA ANGELOU
'One of the greatest writers of our time' TONI MORRISON
First published in 1942 at the height of her popularity, Dust Tracks on a Road is Zora Neale Hurston's candid, exuberant account of her rise from childhood poverty in the rural South to a prominent place among the leading artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance.
As compelling as her acclaimed fiction, Hurston's literary self-portrait offers a revealing, often audacious glimpse into the life - public and private - of an extraordinary artist, anthropologist, chronicler and champion of the black experience in America. Full of the wit and wisdom of a proud, spirited woman who started off low and climbed high: 'I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows with a harp and a sword in my hands'.
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- Published: Feb 13 2020
- Pages: 352
- 196 x 126mm
- ISBN: 9780349012216
Press Reviews
- New Yorker
Warm, witty, imaginative . . . A rich and winning book
- New York Review of Books
Told in gutsy language . . . Her story is an encouraging and enjoyable one for any member of the human race
Toni Morrison
One of the greatest writers of our time
Maya Angelou
Zora Neale Hurston was a knockout in her life, a wonderful writer and a fabulous person. Devilishly funny and academically solid: delicious mixture
- Kirkus Reviews
A different kind of a book, absorbing, human, entertaining, with occasional strong flavor