{"product_id":"the-complete-stories-9780061350184","title":"The Complete Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis collection of Zora Neale Hurston's complete stories provides a window into the evolution of one of the most important African American writers. This edition has been repackaged as a modern classic with a new cover and a P.S. section which includes insights, interviews, and more.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis landmark gathering of Zora Neale Hurston's short fiction--most of which appeared only in literary magazines during her lifetime and some of which has never before been published--reveals the evolution of one of the most important African-American writers. Spanning her career from 1921 to 1955, these stories attest to Hurston's tremendous range and establish themes that recur in her longer fiction. The stories in this collection map, in rich language and imagery, Hurston's development and concerns as a writer and provide an invaluable reflection of the mind and imagination of the author of the acclaimed novel \u003cem\u003eTheir Eyes Were Watching God.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHurston, Zora Neale:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eZora Neale Hurston was a novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist. An author of four novels (\u003cem\u003eJonah's Gourd Vine\u003c\/em\u003e, 1934; \u003cem\u003eTheir Eyes Were Watching God\u003c\/em\u003e, 1937; \u003cem\u003eMoses, Man of the Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e, 1939; and \u003cem\u003eSeraph on the Suwanee\u003c\/em\u003e, 1948); two books of folklore (\u003cem\u003eMules and Men\u003c\/em\u003e, 1935, and \u003cem\u003eTell My Horse\u003c\/em\u003e, 1938); an autobiography (\u003cem\u003eDust Tracks on a Road\u003c\/em\u003e, 1942); and over fifty short stories, essays, and plays. She attended Howard University, Barnard College and Columbia University, and was a graduate of Barnard College in 1927. She was born on January 7, 1891, in Notasulga, Alabama, and grew up in Eatonville, Florida. She died in Fort Pierce, in 1960. In 1973, Alice Walker had a headstone placed at her gravesite with this epitaph: \"Zora Neale Hurston: A Genius of the South.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amistad Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50697237299474,"sku":"9780061350184","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3b9dadfa-f376-4dde-bc3c-d479cabeb716.jpg?v=1734297054","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-complete-stories-9780061350184","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}