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"Their Eyes were Watching God" is the most famous novel of the African American novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston (1891- 1960) and a classic of American literature. Written in 1937, the novel languished in obscurity for many years before it was rediscovered by scholars and by American feminists. The extent to which this book is feminist in orientation is debatable. The novel resists easy categorization.
The book tells the story of an African American woman, Janie Crawford, and her three marriages. It also is a portrayal of African American life in the South in the early 20th Century. The book is set in two Florida communities: Eatonville, a small African American town near Orlando, Florida whiere Hurston was born, and the Everglades, or the "Muck". People in both places are described with love, humor, and detail. When I first read the book several years ago, one of my first reactions was to want to visit Eatonville, which I haven't done. (The town is in the vicinity of the much better known and often visited Disneyland.)
Janie was the product of a nonconsensual union between her mother and a schoolteacher, and she was raised by her grandmother who, when the girl is 16, decides she needs to be married. Her first marriage, arranged by the grandmother, is to Logan Killicks, an elderly farmer who owns 60 acres. Janie leaves Killicks after about one year and runs off with Jodie Stark, an enterprising young man who rises to become a wealthy property owner in Eatonville. After a stifling marriage of about 15 years, Jodie dies. Janie falls in love with a rostabout and gambler named Tea Cake, at least 12 years younger than she. The couple move to the Everglades and work in the fields. They sing, gamble, play, and are happy. Janie has a fulfilled, sensual marriage at last in which she feels she is wanted and treasured.
The story is told in dialect which is difficult to follow at first. As the story proceeds, the dialect becomes easier to understand. The language of the book is among the most beautiful and poetic in American literature. There is a great deal of studied ambiguity in the story resulting in part from the shifting narrative voice. Hurston sandwiches the story of Janie's three marriages between and opening and concluding chapter in which Janie tells the story of her life to Pheoby Wilson, her friend of 20 years in Eatonville. The story shifts in voices between an omniscient narrator, Janie's, and probably Pheoby. Thus, there may be something lost or added in the telling. The importance of love and passion course through the book. In the opening chapter, Janie describes her life with Tea Cake: "Ah been a delegate to de big 'ssociation of life. Yessuh! De Grand Lodge, de big convention of livin' is just where Ah been dis year and a half y'all ain't seen me." In the concluding chapter, Janie, again speaking for herself, tells Pheoby what she has learned from her experiences:
"Two things everybody's got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got to go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin' fuh theyselves".
"Their Eyes were Watching God" is an extraordinary novel about a person, about love, and about community. I first read this book several years ago for a book group and posted a review on Amazon's American site. I have reread the book for a club devoted to "Black Voices" and took the opportunity to write a fresh review and post it here. The book will bear repeated readings.
Robin Friedman
Shawan M
Sep 27, 2012
Book Turned into Movie
This book is a great read, I'm glad that this has a movie based on it.
La maestra
Mar 29, 2012
Very good seller.
The book was in my house as fast as expected in excellent conditions.
brizzo
Oct 29, 2009
Strong women unite
it is great to see a portrait of another strong woman, and how she overcame adversity to find true love.
Maggy
Oct 21, 2007
This book follows the life of independent Janie Crawford as she searches for a community where she can find love, acceptance, and fulfillment in a culture that is suppressive to both women and African-Americans. Zora Neale Hurston is an underappreciated author; this work shines in both its writing and its portrayal of a strong heroine and a cast of equally dynamic other characters.
