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Book SynopsisWith 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 licke
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Warm, witty, imaginative . . . A rich and winning book * New Yorker *
Told in gutsy language . . . Her story is an encouraging and enjoyable one for any member of the human race * New York Review of Books *
One of the greatest writers of our time
Zora Neale Hurston was a knockout in her life, a wonderful writer and a fabulous person. Devilishly funny and academically solid: delicious mixture
A different kind of a book, absorbing, human, entertaining, with occasional strong flavor * Kirkus Reviews *
