Their Eyes Were Watching God : VMC Designer Collection : Vmc - Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God : VMC Designer Collection

By: Zora Neale Hurston, Zadie Smith (Introduction by)

Paperback | 8 May 2018 | Edition Number 1

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Zora Neale Hurston's masterpiece is perhaps the most widely read and highly regarded novel in the entire canon of African American literature. Published as part of a beautifully designed series to mark the 40th anniversary of the Virago Modern Classics.

'She was stretched on her back beneath the pear tree soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her'

When, at sixteen, Janie is caught kissing shiftless Johnny Taylor, her grandmother swiftly marries her off to and old man with sixty acres. Jane endures two stifling marriages before she finally meets the man of her dreams - who offers not diamonds, but a packet of flowering seeds.

With an Introduction by Zadie Smith. Books included in the VMC 40th anniversary series include:
  • Frost in May by Antonia White
  • The Collected Stories of Grace Paley
  • Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault
  • The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter
  • The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann
  • Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith
  • The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
  • Heartburn by Nora Ephron
  • The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
  • Memento Mori by Muriel Spark
  • A View of the Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor
Industry Reviews
To the last page that fills the soul with tears, Hurston's novel delivers. To me, it is also a welcome reminder that books are democratic, subversive and life-changing - The Times

This novel is a packet of surprises as we have no idea what's going to happen next. Many romantic novels basically have the same plot, but this novel is something no one would have ever imagined - Guardian

For me, Their Eyes Were Watching God is one of the very greatest American novels of the twentieth century. It is so lyrical it should be sentimental; it is so passionate it should be overwrought, but it is instead a rigorous, convincing and dazzling piece of prose, as emotionally satisfying as it is impressive. There is no novel I love more

There is no book more important to me than this one. It speaks to me as no novel, past or present, has ever done

Zora Neale Hurston was a knockout in her life, a wonderful writer and a fabulous person. Devilishly funny and academically solid: delicious mixture

A poignant story, told with almost rhythmic beauty - Kirkus Reviews