Their Eyes Were Watching God
“There is no book more important to me than this one.”
Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize winning author
An Oprah’s Summer Reading List selection
A BookRiot Pick of the 4 Most Perfect Audiobooks Ever
Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
A Literary Hub Pick of Best Second Books by Major Authors
A Kirkus Reviews Pick of 10 Classics That Never Get Old
A PBS Great American Read selection
“A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don’t know how to live properly.” —Zadie Smith
One of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love story with the wit and pathos found only in the writing of Zora Neale Hurston. Out of print for almost thirty years—due largely to initial audiences’ rejection of its strong black female protagonist—Hurston’s classic has since its 1978 reissue become perhaps the most widely read and highly acclaimed novel in the canon of African-American literature. The audio is performed by the legendary Ruby Dee.
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