Jonah's Gourd Vine pdf

佐拉·尼尔·赫斯顿（佐拉·尼尔·赫斯顿，1891 年 1 月 7 日至 1960 年 1 月 28 日）是美国作家、人类学家和电影制片人。她描绘了 1900 年代早期美国南部的种族斗争，并发表了关于不祥之物的研究。她的四部小说中最受欢迎的是 1937 年出版的《他们的眼睛看着上帝》。她还写了 50 多篇短篇小说、戏剧和散文。
赫斯顿出生于阿拉巴马州的诺塔苏尔加，并于 1894 年随家人搬到佛罗里达州的伊顿维尔。她后来将伊顿维尔作为她许多故事的背景。在她早期的职业生涯中，赫斯顿在巴纳德学院和哥伦比亚大学就读期间进行了人类学和人种学研究。她对非洲裔美国人和加勒比地区的民间传说以及这些民间传说对社区身份的贡献很感兴趣。
她还写了关于黑人社区当代问题的小说，并成为哈莱姆文艺复兴的核心人物。她从非洲裔美国人的经历和种族划分中汲取的短篇讽刺作品发表在《新黑人与火焰！！》等选集中。搬回佛罗里达后，赫斯顿撰写并出版了她关于北佛罗里达非裔美国人民间传说的文学选集《骡子和男人》（1935 年），以及她的前三部小说：《乔纳的葫芦藤》（1934 年）；他们的眼睛注视着上帝（1937）；和摩西，山中人（1939 年）。在此期间还出版了《告诉我的马：海地和牙买加的巫毒与生活》（1938 年），记录了她对牙买加和海地仪式的研究。

Jonah's Gourd Vine pdf 佐拉·尼尔·赫斯顿

A story of love and community, written by the hand of Zora Neale Hurston, one of the 20th century’s greatest authors, and a woman who truly understands her characters’ motivations. This modern classic edition of Jonah's Gourd Vine features an updated cover and a P.S. section which includes insights, interviews, and more.
Jonah's Gourd Vine, Zora Neale Hurston’s first novel, originally published in 1934, tells the story of John Buddy Pearson, “a living exultation” of a young man who loves too many women for his own good. Lucy, his long-suffering wife, is his true love, but there’s also Mehaly and Big ‘Oman and the scheming Hattie who conjures hoodoo spells to ensure his attentions. Even after becoming the popular pastor of Zion Hope where his sermons and prayers for cleansing rouse the congregation’s fervor, he has to confess that though he is a preacher on Sundays, he is a “natchel man” the rest of the week.
And so in this sympathetic portrait of a man and his community, shows that faith and tolerance and good intentions cannot resolve the tension between the spiritual and the physical. That Zora Neale Hurston makes this age-old dilemma come so alive is a tribute to her understanding of the vagaries of human nature.