Jonahs Gourd Vine Novel -OS (Hardcover)

Hurston's first novel, published in 1934, tells the story of John Buddy Pearson, a young man who loves too many women for his own good. Even after becoming a popular pastor at Zion Hope where his sermons rouse his congregation, he has to confess that he's far from perfect. In this sympathetic portrait of a man, Zora Neale Hurston shows that good intentions cannot resolve the tension between the spiritual and physical.