Episode 3
Janie is cutting potatoes in the yard, when a citified stylishly-dressed man stops by. And Janie is the sort of woman he would like by his side at Florida's first all-black town.
Written by Zora Neale Hurston
Episode 3
One day Janie is cutting potatoes in the yard when a citified, stylishly dressed man stops by. And, while her husband has stopped talking to her in rhymes, Joe Starks has dreams of being a big voice and Janie is just the sort of woman he would like by his side when he arrives at the first all-black town in Florida.
This African-American classic was first published in the 1930s and is seen as one of the greatest American novels of the twentieth century. The author, Zora Neale Hurston, grew up in Eatonville, Florida, the first incorporated black town in America. Nearly every black female writer of significance - including Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and Alice Walker - acknowledges Zora Neale Hurston as her literary foremother.
"A rigorous, convincing and dazzling piece of prose, as emotionally satisfying as it is impressive." Zadie Smith
Read by Adjoa Andoh
Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall
A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Adjoa Andoh |
| Producer | Jane Marshall |
| Abridger | Jane Marshall |
| Author | Zora Neale Hurston |
Broadcast
- Wed 17 Jul 201322:45BBC Radio 4
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