Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick

Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

De: Zora Neale Hurston

Narrado por: Aunjanue Ellis

Duración: 8 h y 57 m

Resumen del Editor

From "one of the greatest writers of our time" (Toni Morrison) - the author of Barracoon and Their Eyes Were Watching God - a collection of remarkable stories, including eight "lost" Harlem Renaissance tales now available to a wide audience for the first time.

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In 1925, Barnard student Zora Neale Hurston - the sole black student at the college - was living in New York, "desperately striving for a toe-hold on the world." During this period, she began writing short works that captured the zeitgeist of African-American life and transformed her into one of the central figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Nearly a century later, this singular talent is recognized as one of the most influential and revered American artists of the modern period.

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick is an outstanding collection of stories about love and migration, gender and class, racism and sexism that proudly reflect African-American folk culture. Brought together for the first time in one volume, they include eight of Hurston’s "lost" Harlem stories, which were found in forgotten periodicals and archives. These stories challenge conceptions of Hurston as an author of rural fiction and include gems that flash with her biting, satiric humor, as well as more serious tales reflective of the cultural currents of Hurston’s world. All are timeless classics that enrich our understanding and appreciation of this exceptional writer’s voice and her contributions to America’s literary traditions.

©2020 Zora Neale Hurston (P)2020 HarperAudio

Great storytelling.

Some of the stories are hard to digest but enjoyed overall. I laughed a lot.

Wonderfully Performed

Aunjanue Ellis brought these words to life! Excellent performance of this collection of witty short stories. Kudos to Ms. Hurston. Each character and storyline were phenomenal! Great listen…

Real Life Situations!!

We did this as a small group book review. We laughed & related this to personal , family & friends situations. It was also written as it was related to biblical times. overall, a very good read.

Beautiful Stories

The stories were beautiful and the narrator was amazing! Some stories were so thought provoking, I had to go back and listen again.

Very entertaining...

The narrator was excellent. I really enjoyed this book. Some of the short stories were very funny.

Good stories

excellent narration of a variety of the authors works. I enjoyed especially her stories of Eatonville and of Caroline.

Wonderful introduction to Zora Neale Hurston

This is my first experience with Zora Neale Hurston, and I found the introductory information as insightful and interesting as the stories compiled here.
Some of the stories in this collection were lost over time and recovered.. which very much appeals to the literary nerd in me, and I loved reading Hurston's accounts of the time. Her wit and commentary are sharp and pervasive, and though very much about a narrow demographic and place in time, the writing is fresh and translates well.

Best Audible Ever!

I have listened to hundreds of audio books. This was by far the most beautifully narrated of all. And the stories were wonderful tales of real humans. I loved this book.

Narration at its best!

Aunjanue Ellis’ narration is perfection! The way she flows through this wonderful language is beautiful.

phenomenal narrator

This was a interesting and sometimes uneven book of short stories, but it was well worth listening to. This might be the best narrator I've ever heard. She makes it even more enjoyable to listen to.