Their Eyes Were Watching God // American Classics Edition A Novel

Their Eyes Were Watching God,a luminous and haunting novel about Janie Crawford, a Southern black woman in the 1930s whose journey from a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance, continues to inspire the next generation of students.

Freshman Common Read:Manchester Community College among others

Zora Neale Hurstonwrote four novels (Jonahs Gourd Vine; Their Eyes Were Watching God; Moses, Man of the Mountains; and Seraph on the Suwanee) and was still working on her fifth novel,The Life of Herod the Great, when she died; three books of folklore (Mules and Menand the posthumously publishedGo Gator and Muddy the WaterandEvery Tongue Got to Confess); a work of anthropological research (Tell My Horse); an autobiography(Dust Tracks on a Road); an international bestselling ethnographic work (Barracoon); and over fifty short stories, essays, and plays. She was born in Notasulga, Alabama, grew up in Eatonville, Florida, and lived her last years in Fort Pierce, Florida.

• Publisher: Amistad
• Publish Date: May 05, 2026
• Pages: 256
• Language: English
• Type: Paperback
• EAN/UPC: 9780063481954
• Dimensions:8.3 in H | 5.5 in W | 0.6 in T | 0.2 lb Wt
• BISAC Categories: Popular Fiction, Music, Film & Performing Arts, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction