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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Contributor(s): Gaines, Ernest J. (Author)

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ISBN: 0553263579     ISBN-13: 9780553263572
Publisher: Bantam
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Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 1982
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Annotation: "This is a novel in the guise of the tape-recorded recollections of a black woman who has lived 110 years, who has been both a slave and a witness to the black militancy of the 1960's. In this woman Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure, a woman equipped to stand beside William Faulkner's Dilsey in "The Sound And The Fury." Miss Jane Pittman, like Dilsey, has 'endured, ' has seen almost everything and foretold the rest. Gaines' novel brings to mind other great works "The Odyssey for the way his heroine's travels manage to summarize the American history of her race, and "Huckleberry Finn for the clarity of her voice, for her rare capacity to sort through the mess of years and things to find the one true story in it all." -- Geoffrey Wolff, "Newsweek.
"Stunning. I know of no black novel about the South that excludes quite the same refreshing mix of wit and wrath, imagination and indignation, misery and poetry. And I can recall no more memorable female character in Southern fiction since Lena of Faulkner's "Light In August than Miss Jane Pittman." -- Josh Greenfeld, "Life
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Historical - General
- Fiction | Literary
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 96208552
Lexile Measure: 710(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.1" W x 6.8" L (0.30 lbs) 272 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Deep South
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Geographic Orientation - Louisiana
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 729
Reading Level: 4.6   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 13.0
 
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"This is a novel in the guise of the tape-recorded recollections of a black woman who has lived 110 years, who has been both a slave and a witness to the black militancy of the 1960's. In this woman Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure, a woman equipped to stand beside William Faulkner's Dilsey in The Sound And The Fury." Miss Jane Pittman, like Dilsey, has 'endured, ' has seen almost everything and foretold the rest. Gaines' novel brings to mind other great works The Odyssey for the way his heroine's travels manage to summarize the American history of her race, and Huckleberry Finn for the clarity of her voice, for her rare capacity to sort through the mess of years and things to find the one true story in it all." -- Geoffrey Wolff, Newsweek.

"Stunning. I know of no black novel about the South that excludes quite the same refreshing mix of wit and wrath, imagination and indignation, misery and poetry. And I can recall no more memorable female character in Southern fiction since Lena of Faulkner's Light In August than Miss Jane Pittman." -- Josh Greenfeld, Life

 
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