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Zusatztext "A narrative of great power. Warm with friendly personality and pulsating with...profound eloquence and religious fervor." Informationen zum Autor Zora Neale Hurston wrote four novels ( Jonah's Gourd Vine; Their Eyes Were Watching God; Moses, Man of the Mountains; and Seraph on the Suwanee ) and was still working on her fifth novel, The Life of Herod the Great , when she died; three books of folklore ( Mules and Men and the posthumously published Go Gator and Muddy the Water and Every Tongue Got to Confess ); a work of anthropological research ( Tell My Horse ); an autobiography (Dust Tracks on a Road ); an international bestselling ethnographic work ( Barracoon ); and over fifty short stories, essays, and plays. She was born in Notasulga, Alabama, grew up in Eatonville, Florida, and lived her last years in Fort Pierce, Florida. Klappentext 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's 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. Zusammenfassung “A narrative of great power. Warm with friendly personality and pulsating with . . . profound eloquence and religious fervor.” —New York Times In this 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. ...
