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, …
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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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Jonah's Gourd Vine
Paperback, 272 pages
English language
Published by Harper Perennial Modern Classics.
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Jonah's gourd vine
324 pages
English language
Published 1987 by Virago.
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Jonah's Gourd Vine
electronic resource
English language
Published 2008 by HarperCollins.
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Jonah's gourd vine
229 pages
English language
Published 1990 by Perennial Library.
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Jonah's Gourd Vine
272 pages
English language
Published by Harper Perennial Modern Classics, HarperPerennial.
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Jonah's Gourd Vine
288 pages
English language
Published 2009 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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Jonah's Gourd Vine
English language
Published 2008 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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Jonah's Gourd Vine
English language
Published 2020 by Little, Brown Book Group Limited.
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- 978-0-349-01222-3Copied ISBN!
Jonah's Gourd Vine
English language
Published 2008 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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- 978-0-06-157845-8Copied ISBN!
Jonah's Gourd Vine
English language
Published 2008 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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Jonah's Gourd Vine
English language
Published 1990 by Wildside Press, LLC.
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- 978-0-8095-9017-9Copied ISBN!
Jonah's gourd vine.
316 pages
English language
Published 1971 by Lippincott.
- OCLC Number:
- 204490
Jonah's Gourd Vine
English language
Published 2008 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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- 978-0-06-166028-3Copied ISBN!
Jonah's Gourd Vine (a Novel)
English language
Published 2021 by Independently Published.
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- 979-8-7317-4993-0Copied ISBN!
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