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Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick

Paperback • 2021 • English • 1. edition

Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick

By Zora Neale Hurston

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About the book

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...Show more

Historical fiction
Narrative theme: Identity / belonging
Short stories

Book details

ISBN

9780008434342

Publisher

Mira

Published year

2021

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick

Format

Paperback

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