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Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick

By Zora Neale Hurston

Hardback | ISBN 9780008374716

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From 'one of the greatest writers of our time' (Toni Morrison) - the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God and Barracoon - a collection of remarkable short stories from the Harlem Renaissance

With a foreword by Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage
'Genius' Alice Walker

'Rigorous, convincing, dazzling' Zadie Smith on Their Eyes Were Watching God

In 1925, college student Zora Neale Hurston - the sole black student at Barnard College, New York - was living in the city, 'desperately striving for a toe-hold on the world.'

During this period, she began writing short works that captured the zeitgeist of African American life and transformed her into one of the central figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Nearly a century later, this singular talent is recognised as one of the most influential and revered American artists of the modern period.

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick is an outstanding collection of stories about love and migration, gender and class, racism and sexism that proudly reflect African American folk culture. Brought together for the first time in one volume, they include eight of Hurston's 'lost' Harlem stories, which were found in forgotten periodicals and archives.

These stories challenge conceptions of Hurston as an author of rural fiction and include gems that flash with her biting, satiric humour, as well as more serious tales reflective of the cultural currents of Hurston's world. All are timeless classics that enrich our understanding and appreciation of this exceptional writer's voice and her contributions to America's literary traditions.

Perfect for fans of Toni Morrison, Virginia Woolf and James Baldwin!

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BOOK DETAILS

Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780008374716
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Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages: 304
Width (mm): 135
Height (mm): 204
Depth (mm): 29

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