The Chase and Ruins by Sharony Green (Hardback Book)

Name: The Chase and Ruins by Sharony Green (Hardback Book)
Brand: Johns Hopkins University Press

Johns Hopkins University Press

A fascinating look at a pivotal period in Zora Neale Hurston's life that reimagines her complicated legacy.\nZora Neale Hurston, an anthropologist and writer best known for her classic novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, led a complicated life often marked by tragedy and contradictions. When both she and her writing fell out of favor after the Harlem Renaissance, she struggled not only to regain an audience for her novels but also to simply make ends meet. In The Chase and Ruins, Sharony Green uncovers an understudied but important period of Hurston's life: her stay in Honduras in the late 1940s. On the eve of an awful accusation that nearly led to her suicide, Hurston fled to Honduras in search of a lost Mayan ruin. During her yearlong trip south of the US border, she appears to have\n\nThe Chase and Ruins\nZora Neale Hurston in Honduras\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note that th;