Our next ACL Book Club selection is Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston. We will meet on Saturday, September 12th at 11:00 am. Books are available at the library–we plan to meet every 6 weeks or so. We’ll choose the next book when we meet in September; bring your suggestions.
About the book (from Wikipedia):
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel and the best known work by African-American writer Zora Neale Hurston. The novel narrates main character Janie Crawford’s “ripening from a vibrant, but voiceless, teenage girl into a woman with her finger on the trigger of her own destiny.”[1] Set in central and southern Florida in the early 20th century, the novel was initially poorly received for its rejection of racial uplift literary prescriptions. Today, it has come to be regarded as a seminal work in both African-American literature and women’s literature.[2] TIMEincluded the novel in its 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923.[3]
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel and the best known work by African-American writer Zora Neale Hurston. The novel narrates main character Janie Crawford’s “ripening from a vibrant, but voiceless, teenage girl into a woman with her finger on the trigger of her own destiny.”[1] Set in central and southern Florida in the early 20th century, the novel was initially poorly received for its rejection of racial uplift literary prescriptions. Today, it has come to be regarded as a seminal work in both African-American literature and women’s literature.[2] TIMEincluded the novel in its 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923.[3]
We look forward to having you join us! Bring your coffee; we’ll supply the donuts! Any questions, please email Cecelia Kwartler at: cecelia.kwartler@gmail.com.
