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Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston (Lisa Drew Books (Paperback)) by Boyd, Valerie is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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A woman of enormous talent, remarkable drive, and rare intellectual prowess, Zora Neale Hurston published four novels, two books of folklore, an autobiography, many short stories, and several articles and plays over a career that spanned more than thirty years. Although she enjoyed some popularity during her lifetime, her greatest acclaim has come posthumously. All of her books were out of print when she died in poverty in 1960, but today nearly every black woman writer of significance -- including Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, and Alice Walker -- acknowledges Hurston as a literary foremother. And her masterpiece, "Their Eyes Were Watching God, " has become a crucial part of the American literary canon. Yet, despite the recent renewed interest in Hurston's work, she remains, as a friend and contemporary described her, "a woman half in shadow.""Wrapped in Rainbows" -- the first biography of Zora Neale Hurston in twenty-five years -- illuminates the complexities of an extraordinary life. Born in Alabama in 1891, Hurston moved with her family to Eatonville, Florida, when she was still a toddler. In this close-knit community -- the first incorporated all-black town in America -- she spe
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- Author
- Boyd, Valerie
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780743253291
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.26 / 5 (20 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14