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Title: Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston ISBN: 0-06-091648-6 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 28 February, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Folklore Classic
Comment: Although she really was born in Georgia, Hurston considered Eatonville, Florida her hometown. She originally wrote this work as a play with Langston Hughes. They had planned to call it "Mule Bone," but the two had a falling out prior to staging the work. The theater world's loss was actually the literary and folklore world's gain, and this book is a terrific study of black folklore from Florida and Louisiana. The book has wonderful folktales and descriptions of rootwork, and once the reader becomes acclimated to Hurston's use of black English, it is a pleasure to read. Hurston provided rich commentary by embedding the texts into a narrative about doing fieldwork in the 1920s. It's worth noting that Hurston compressed the amount of fieldwork time in this book as she had spent much more time in Florida than she presents in this work. It's important to keep these types of literary devices in mind when reading her book as she includes lots of allusions, hidden meanings, and clever wordplays to develop fascinating commentary on folklore.
Rating: 5
Summary: Classic Black Folk tales at there greatest
Comment: A fantastic collection by Zora Neale Hurtson. Includes spells, and superstions, witch craft, and some of the best short stories around. She gathers up the urban legends of the 1930-40's rural south and connects you to a culture and way of thinking that is both delightful and intriguing. At times amusing; it is written in the way of oral tradition, where people gather around and tell stories, the more outlandish, the more unique the better. Her work is simply wonderful. A great book, and good for those bad weather days.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best Audio Tape Ever!
Comment: This audio tape recorded by Ruby Dee of Zora Neale Hurston's Mules and Men absolutely makes the case for audio-books because of Dee's extraordinary performance. I seriously doubt that Hurston could do better herself. It is so great that this is the third time I am buying it. The first two copies are owned by my Mom (artist Faith Ringgold) who is bi-coastal and keeps a copy loaded in the tape player ready to play, day or night, on each coast, and the third is for me because now from listening to my Mom's tapes I am as addicted to it as she is. This is becoming true of a lot of her friends. Whether you are doing something else or just listening, it fits in perfectly, and it is full of wisdom and laughs. It is absolutely the best, and I would buy anything else that Ruby Dee ever had anything to do with because she is the glue that makes it work.
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Title: Tell My Horse : Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica by Zora Neale Hurston ISBN: 0060916494 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 28 February, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.50 |
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Title: Dust Tracks on a Road : An Autobiography by Zora Neale Hurston ISBN: 0060921684 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 19 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston ISBN: 0060931418 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-tales From the Gulf States by Zora Neale Hurston ISBN: 0060188936 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 27 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Moses Man of the Mountain by Zora Neale Hurston ISBN: 0060919949 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 16 January, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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