?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 The beloved Zora Neale Hurston Classic?a PBS Great American Read
Top 100 Pick?now available in a special gift edition. Originally published in 1937 Their Eyes
Were Watching God has become one of the most important and enduring works of modern American
literature. Written with Zora Neale Hurston's singular wit and pathos this Southern love story
recounts Janie Crawford's ripening from a vibrant but voiceless teenage girl into a woman
with her finger on the trigger of her own destiny. A tale of awakening and independence
featuring a strong female protagonist driven to fulfill her passions and ambitions Their Eyes
Were Watching God is a classic of the Harlem Renaissance and perhaps the most widely read and
highly acclaimed novel in the canon of literature.
