Moses: Man of the Mountain - Couverture souple

Hurston, Nora Neale; Hurston, Zora Neale

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0252011228 ISBN 13 : 9780252011221

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 1984

Synopsis

Book by Hurston Zora Neale

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In this 1939 novel based on the familiar story of the Exodus, Zora Neale Hurston blends the Moses of the Old Testament with the Moses of black folklore and song to create a compelling allegory of power, redemption, and faith. Narrated in a mixture of biblical rhetoric, black dialect, and colloquial English, Hurston traces Moses' life from the day he Is launched into the Nile river in a reed basket, to his development as a great magician, to his transformation into the heroic rebel leader, the Great Emancipator. From his dramatic confrontations with Pharaoh to his fragile negotiations with the wary Hebrews, this very human story is told with great humor, passion, and psychological insight--the hallmarks of Hurston as a writer and champion of black culture.

Biographie de l'auteur

Zora Neale Hurston, the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God, was deemed "one of the greatest writers of our time" by Toni Morrison. With the publication of Lies and Other Tall Tales, The Skull Talks Back, and What's the Hurry, Fox? new generations will be introduced to Hurston's legacy. She was born in Notasulga, Alabama, in 1891, and died in 1960.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0252011228
• ISBN 13: 9780252011221
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 351