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Moses, man of the mountain : [a novel]

Moses, man of the mountain : [a novel]

Hurston, Zora Neale.
Book 2009

In this 1939 novel based on the familiar story of the Exodus, Zora Neale Hurston blends the Moses of the Old Testament with the Moses of black folklore and song to create a compelling allegory of power, redemption, and faith. Narrated in a mixture of biblical rhetoric, black dialect, and colloquial English, Hurston traces Moses's life from the day he is launched into the Nile river in a reed basket, to his development as a great magician, to his...

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Bible. Old Testament History of Biblical events Fiction
Moses (Biblical leader) Fiction
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ISBN:
9780061695148
Edition:
First Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition
Description:
viii, 310, 32 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 21 cm
Notes:
Subtitle from cover
Includes "P.S. insights, interviews & more ..."--Cover
Originally published in hardcover: J.B. Lippincott, 1939
Includes bibliographical references
Control Number:
2906908
Other Authors:
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., editor
McDowell, Deborah E., 1951- writer of foreword
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