The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

"This is a novel in the guise of theÂ Â tape-recorded recollections of a black woman who hasÂ Â lived 110 years, who has been both a slave and aÂ Â witness to the black militancy of the 1960's. In thisÂ Â woman Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure,Â Â a woman equipped to stand beside WilliamÂ Â Faulkner's Dilsey in The Sound And TheÂ Â Fury." Miss Jane Pittman, like Dilsey, hasÂ Â 'endured,' has seen almost everything and foretold theÂ Â rest. Gaines' novel brings to mind otherÂ Â great works The Odyssey for the wayÂ Â his heroine's travels manage to summarize theÂ Â American history of her race, and HuckleberryÂ Â Finn for the clarity of her voice, forÂ Â her rare capacity to sort through the mess of yearsÂ Â and things to find the one true story in it all."Â Â -- Geoffrey Wolff, Newsweek.

"Stunning. I know of noÂ Â black novel about the SouthÂ Â that excludes quite the same refreshing mix of witÂ Â and wrath, imagination and indignation, misery andÂ Â poetry. And I can recall no more memorable femaleÂ Â character in Southern fiction since Lena ofÂ Â Faulkner's Light In August than MissÂ Â Jane Pittman." -- Josh Greenfeld,Â Â Life
Country USA
Brand Bantam Books
Manufacturer Bantam
Binding Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780553263572
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 1982-07-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780553263572

Country	USA
Brand	Bantam Books
Manufacturer	Bantam
Binding	Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780553263572
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	1982-07-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780553263572

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

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