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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman~Gaines
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Acceptable
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- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Features
- Ex-Library
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780553263572
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0553263579
ISBN-13
9780553263572
eBay Product ID (ePID)
247577
Product Key Features
Book Title
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1982
Topic
African American / General, Literary, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
5.4 Oz
Item Length
6.7 in
Item Width
4.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
96-208552
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Stunning. I know of no black novel about the South that exudes quite the same refreshing mix of wit and wrath, imagination and indignation, misery and poetry." - Life "In this woman, Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure….Gaines's novel brings to mind other great works: The Odyssey , for the way his heroine's travels manage to summarize the American history of her race, and Huckleberry Finn , for the clarity of [Pittman's] voice, for her rare capacity to sort through the mess of years and things to find the one true story of it all." - Newsweek, "Stunning. I know of no black novel about the South that exudes quite the same refreshing mix of wit and wrath, imagination and indignation, misery and poetry." -Life "In this woman, Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure….Gaines's novel brings to mind other great works:The Odyssey,for the way his heroine's travels manage to summarize the American history of her race, andHuckleberry Finn,for the clarity of [Pittman's] voice, for her rare capacity to sort through the mess of years and things to find the one true story of it all." -Newsweek From the Trade Paperback edition., "In this woman, Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure. . . . Gaines's novel brings to mind other great works: The Odyssey , for the way his heroine's travels manage to summarize the American history of her race, and Huckleberry Finn, for the clarity of [Pittman's] voice, for her rare capacity to sort through the mess of years and things to find the one true story of it all." -- Newsweek, "Stunning. I know of no black novel about the South that exudes quite the same refreshing mix of wit and wrath, imagination and indignation, misery and poetry." - Life "In this woman, Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure….Gaines's novel brings to mind other great works: The Odyssey , for the way his heroine's travels manage to summarize the American history of her race, and Huckleberry Finn , for the clarity of [Pittman's] voice, for her rare capacity to sort through the mess of years and things to find the one true story of it all." - Newsweek From the Trade Paperback edition.
TitleLeading
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Dewey Decimal
813/.5/4
Synopsis
"This is a novel in the guise of the tape-recorded recollections of a black woman who has lived 110 years, who has been both a slave and a witness to the black militancy of the 1960's. In this woman Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure, a woman equipped to stand beside William Faulkner's Dilsey in The Sound And The Fury ." Miss Jane Pittman, like Dilsey, has 'endured, ' has seen almost everything and foretold the rest. Gaines' novel brings to mind other great works The Odyssey for the way his heroine's travels manage to summarize the American history of her race, and Huckleberry Finn for the clarity of her voice, for her rare capacity to sort through the mess of years and things to find the one true story in it all." -- Geoffrey Wolff, Newsweek . "Stunning. I know of no black novel about the South that excludes quite the same refreshing mix of wit and wrath, imagination and indignation, misery and poetry. And I can recall no more memorable female character in Southern fiction since Lena of Faulkner's Light In August than Miss Jane Pittman." -- Josh Greenfeld, Life, "Grand, robust, a rich and big novel."--Alice Walker, The New York Times Book Review "In [Jane Pittman], Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure. . . . Gaines's novel brings to mind other great works: The Odyssey , for the way his heroine's travels manage to summarize the American history of her race, and Huckleberry Finn, for the clarity of [Pittman's] voice, for her rare capacity to sort through the mess of years and things to find the one true story of it all."-- Newsweek Miss Jane Pittman. She is one of the most unforgettable heroines in American fiction, a woman whose life has come to symbolize the struggle for freedom, dignity, and justice. Ernest J. Gaines's now-classic novel--written as an autobiography--spans one hundred years of Miss Jane's remarkable life, from her childhood as a slave on a Louisiana plantation to the Civil Rights era of the 1960s. It is a story of courage and survival, history, bigotry, and hope--as seen through the eyes of a woman who lived through it all. A historical tour de force, a triumph of fiction, Miss Jane's eloquent narrative brings to life an important story of race in America--and stands as a landmark work for our time.
LC Classification Number
PS3557.A355A85 1996
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- l***i (165)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseThis item was a great price and was just as advertised. It’s a great addition to my collection, and the seller was very communicative and professional. It arrived quickly and was packaged with care. A+++++ SellerCar Classics Ser.: Ferrari : The Legend~by Harry Haines and Shirley Haines (#285739357625)