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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
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"In [Jane Pittman], Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure. . . . Gaines's 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 [Pittman's] voice, for her rare capacity to sort through the mess of years and things to find the one true story of it all."--Newsweek
Miss Jane Pittman. She is one of the most unforgettable heroines in American fiction, a woman whose life has come to symbolize the struggle for freedom, dignity, and justice. Ernest J. Gaines's now-classic novel--written as an autobiography--spans one hundred years of Miss Jane's remarkable life, from her childhood as a slave on a Louisiana plantation to the Civil Rights era of the 1960s. It is a story of courage and survival, history, bigotry, and hope--as seen through the eyes of a woman who lived through it all.
A historical tour de force, a triumph of fiction, Miss Jane's eloquent narrative brings to life an important story of race in America--and stands as a landmark work for our time.
Book Details
- Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
- Publish Date: Jan 27th, 2009
- Pages: 272
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.22in - 5.32in - 0.61in - 0.44lb
- EAN: 9780385342780
- Categories: • Classics• Historical - General• Literary
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1971 novel by Ernest J. Gaines. The story depicts the struggles of African Americans as seen through the eyes of the narrator, a woman named Jane Pittman. https://t.co/avcRCSKKyd
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What people are saying
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1971 novel by Ernest J. Gaines. The story depicts the struggles of African Americans as seen through the eyes of the narrator, a woman named Jane Pittman. https://t.co/avcRCSKKyd
IAM combating #whitesupremacy & #racism by sharing the achievements of my #African ancestors in #AmeriKKKa and around the world.
The ancestor, Ernest J Gaines, whose writings include the autobiography of miss Jane Pittman, stated that he wrote letters for the enslaved Africans, who could not read or write, on the plantation where he was raised. #JanePittman https://t.co/r4kF7ZaIAS