Zora Neale Hurston Boxed Set
“One of the greatest writers of our time.”—Toni Morrison

Available together for the first time in one specially designed boxed set, ten repackaged paperback editions of Zora Neale Hurston’s classic works—each featuring a striking cover envisioned by a star contemporary Black artist, including Charly Palmer, Toyin Ojih Odutola, and more.

Zora Neale Hurston’s work brilliantly captured the experience of American Black life in the early twentieth century and transformed the boundaries of modern literature. This boxed set features the best of her fiction and nonfiction in one extraordinary, giftable package. 

Zora Neale Hurston Boxed Set includes:

Dust Tracks on a Road—an intimate and insightful memoir of Zora’s childhood in the rural South and her rise to prominence during the Harlem Renaissance 

Jonah’s Gourd Vine—a novel about a young man who loves too many women 

Mules and Men—an oral history of Black American folklore featuring sermons, songs, sayings, and tall tales since the days of enslavement

Tell My Horse—an insider look at the voodoo culture of Haiti and Jamaica of the 1930s 

The Complete Stories—a collection of Zora’s most popular short fiction

Every Tongue Got to Confess—an anthology of folktales that recounts the voices of ordinary people and celebrates the richness of Black vernacular 

Moses, Man of the Mountain—a compelling allegory of power, redemption, and faith that blends the Moses of the Old Testament with the Moses of black folklore and song 

Seraph on the Suwanee—a novel examining a complicated marriage

Mule Bone—a three-act play written with Langston Hughes that explores life in a rural Southern black community 

Their Eyes Were Watching God—the Southern love story that is the most highly acclaimed novel in the African-American literary canon 

A tribute to one of our greatest writers and a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston Boxed Set is essential for devoted collectors of her writing, an opportunity for fans to rediscover her genius, and a rich wellspring for readers new to her canon. 

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Zora Neale Hurston Boxed Set
“One of the greatest writers of our time.”—Toni Morrison

Available together for the first time in one specially designed boxed set, ten repackaged paperback editions of Zora Neale Hurston’s classic works—each featuring a striking cover envisioned by a star contemporary Black artist, including Charly Palmer, Toyin Ojih Odutola, and more.

Zora Neale Hurston’s work brilliantly captured the experience of American Black life in the early twentieth century and transformed the boundaries of modern literature. This boxed set features the best of her fiction and nonfiction in one extraordinary, giftable package. 

Zora Neale Hurston Boxed Set includes:

Dust Tracks on a Road—an intimate and insightful memoir of Zora’s childhood in the rural South and her rise to prominence during the Harlem Renaissance 

Jonah’s Gourd Vine—a novel about a young man who loves too many women 

Mules and Men—an oral history of Black American folklore featuring sermons, songs, sayings, and tall tales since the days of enslavement

Tell My Horse—an insider look at the voodoo culture of Haiti and Jamaica of the 1930s 

The Complete Stories—a collection of Zora’s most popular short fiction

Every Tongue Got to Confess—an anthology of folktales that recounts the voices of ordinary people and celebrates the richness of Black vernacular 

Moses, Man of the Mountain—a compelling allegory of power, redemption, and faith that blends the Moses of the Old Testament with the Moses of black folklore and song 

Seraph on the Suwanee—a novel examining a complicated marriage

Mule Bone—a three-act play written with Langston Hughes that explores life in a rural Southern black community 

Their Eyes Were Watching God—the Southern love story that is the most highly acclaimed novel in the African-American literary canon 

A tribute to one of our greatest writers and a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston Boxed Set is essential for devoted collectors of her writing, an opportunity for fans to rediscover her genius, and a rich wellspring for readers new to her canon. 

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Zora Neale Hurston Boxed Set

Zora Neale Hurston Boxed Set

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Zora Neale Hurston Boxed Set

Zora Neale Hurston Boxed Set

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“One of the greatest writers of our time.”—Toni Morrison

Available together for the first time in one specially designed boxed set, ten repackaged paperback editions of Zora Neale Hurston’s classic works—each featuring a striking cover envisioned by a star contemporary Black artist, including Charly Palmer, Toyin Ojih Odutola, and more.

Zora Neale Hurston’s work brilliantly captured the experience of American Black life in the early twentieth century and transformed the boundaries of modern literature. This boxed set features the best of her fiction and nonfiction in one extraordinary, giftable package. 

Zora Neale Hurston Boxed Set includes:

Dust Tracks on a Road—an intimate and insightful memoir of Zora’s childhood in the rural South and her rise to prominence during the Harlem Renaissance 

Jonah’s Gourd Vine—a novel about a young man who loves too many women 

Mules and Men—an oral history of Black American folklore featuring sermons, songs, sayings, and tall tales since the days of enslavement

Tell My Horse—an insider look at the voodoo culture of Haiti and Jamaica of the 1930s 

The Complete Stories—a collection of Zora’s most popular short fiction

Every Tongue Got to Confess—an anthology of folktales that recounts the voices of ordinary people and celebrates the richness of Black vernacular 

Moses, Man of the Mountain—a compelling allegory of power, redemption, and faith that blends the Moses of the Old Testament with the Moses of black folklore and song 

Seraph on the Suwanee—a novel examining a complicated marriage

Mule Bone—a three-act play written with Langston Hughes that explores life in a rural Southern black community 

Their Eyes Were Watching God—the Southern love story that is the most highly acclaimed novel in the African-American literary canon 

A tribute to one of our greatest writers and a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston Boxed Set is essential for devoted collectors of her writing, an opportunity for fans to rediscover her genius, and a rich wellspring for readers new to her canon. 


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780063223790
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 01/04/2022
Product dimensions: 8.10(w) x 8.30(h) x 5.40(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Zora Neale Hurston wrote four novels (Jonah’s 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 Men and the posthumously published Go Gator and Muddy the Water and Every 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.

Date of Birth:

January 7, 1891

Date of Death:

January 28, 1960

Place of Birth:

Eatonville, Florida

Place of Death:

Fort Pierce, Florida

Education:

B.A., Barnard College, 1928 (the school's first black graduate). Went on to study anthropology at Columbia University.
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