Every Tongue Got to Confess

by Zora Neale Hurston

On Sale: 10/31/2005

Every Tongue Got to Confess

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Every Tongue Got to Confess

by Zora Neale Hurston

On Sale: 10/31/2005

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African-American folklore was Zora Neale Hurston's first love. Collected in the late 1920's Every Tongue Got to Confess, from the celebrated author of Their Eyes Were Watching God, is published here for the first time, beautifully performed by Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis.

Hilarious, bittersweet, and often saucy, these folk-tales provide a verdant slice of African-American life in the rural South at the turn of the twentieth century. They capture the heart and soul of the vital, independent, and creative community that so inspired Zora Neale Hurston.

In Every Tongue Got to Confess, Hurston records, with uncanny precision, the voices of ordinary people -and no two actors better capture this world than Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis. They pay tribute to the richness of Black vernacular -- its crisp self-awareness, singular wit, and improvisational wordplay. These folk-tales reflect the joys and sorrows of the African-American experience, celebrate the redemptive power of storytelling, and showcase the continuous presence in America of an Afticanized language that flourishes to this day.

Performed by Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780060842741
  • ISBN 10: 0060842741
  • Imprint: Caedmon
  • On Sale: 10/31/2005
  • List Price:27.99 CAD
  • BISAC1 : FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
  • BISAC2 : FICTION / African American / Historical
  • BISAC3 : FICTION / Cultural Heritage

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