TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hurston,Zora Neale
AU  - Gates,Henry Louis
TI  - Moses, man of the mountain
T2  - Harper Perennial modern classics
SN  - 9780061695148
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Harper Perennial
KW  - Moses
KW  - Bible
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - History of Biblical events
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Biographical fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Religious fiction
N1  - Includes "P.S. insights, interviews & more ..."--Cover; Originally published in hardcover: J.B. Lippincott, 1939; Includes bibliographical references
N2  - In this 1939 novel based on the familiar story of the Exodus, Zora Neale Hurston blends the Moses of the Old Testament with the Moses of black folklore and song to create a compelling allegory of power, redemption, and faith. Narrated in a mixture of biblical rhetoric, black dialect, and colloquial English, Hurston traces Moses's life from the day he is launched into the Nile river in a reed basket, to his development as a great magician, to his transformation into the heroic rebel leader, the Great Emancipator. From his dramatic confrontations with Pharaoh to his fragile negotiations with the wary Hebrews, this very human story is told with great humor, passion, and psychological insight the hallmarks of Hurston as a writer and champion of black culture. Show More Show Less
ER  -