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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Doubleday
Publication date
February 1, 1987
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780385240178
ISBN-10
0385240171
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$16.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
An old woman recalls her struggle against bigotry from her childhood during the Civil War to her participation in twentieth-century demonstrations
Amazon.com description: Product Description: "This is a novel in the guise of the tape-recorded recollections of a black woman who has lived 110 years, who has been both a slave and a witness to the black militancy of the 1960's. In this woman Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure, a woman equipped to stand beside William Faulkner's Dilsey in The Sound And The Fury." Miss Jane Pittman, like Dilsey, has 'endured,' has seen almost everything and foretold the rest. Gaines' novel brings to mind other great works The Odyssey for the way his heroine's travels manage to summarize the American history of her race, and Huckleberry Finn for the clarity of her voice, for her rare capacity to sort through the mess of years and things to find the one true story in it all." -- Geoffrey Wolff, Newsweek.
"Stunning. I know of no black novel about the South that excludes quite the same refreshing mix of wit and wrath, imagination and indignation, misery and poetry. And I can recall no more memorable female character in Southern fiction since Lena of Faulkner's Light In August than Miss Jane Pittman." -- Josh Greenfeld, Life
From the Paperback edition.
"Stunning. I know of no black novel about the South that excludes quite the same refreshing mix of wit and wrath, imagination and indignation, misery and poetry. And I can recall no more memorable female character in Southern fiction since Lena of Faulkner's Light In August than Miss Jane Pittman." -- Josh Greenfeld, Life
From the Paperback edition.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Doubleday (February 1, 1987); titled "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman"
9780385240178 | details & prices | List price $16.95
About: An old woman recalls her struggle against bigotry from her childhood during the Civil War to her participation in twentieth-century demonstrations
About: An old woman recalls her struggle against bigotry from her childhood during the Civil War to her participation in twentieth-century demonstrations
Large print edition from G K Hall & Co (June 1, 1971)
9780816160105 | details & prices | 451 pages | List price $14.95
Paperback
Reprint edition from Dial Pr (January 27, 2009); titled "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman"
9780385342780 | details & prices | 259 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.44 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Miss Jane Pittman.
About: Miss Jane Pittman.
Reissue edition from Bantam Books (September 1, 1996); titled "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman"
9780553263572 | details & prices | 4.25 × 6.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $6.50
About: An old woman recalls her struggle against bigotry from her childhood during the Civil War to her participation in the twentieth-century civil rights demonstrations
About: An old woman recalls her struggle against bigotry from her childhood during the Civil War to her participation in the twentieth-century civil rights demonstrations
Cassette/Spoken Word
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (December 1, 1997); titled "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman"
9780786110537 | details & prices | 6.75 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $44.95
About: An old woman recalls her struggle against bigotry from her childhood during the Civil War to her participation in the civil rights demonstrations.
About: An old woman recalls her struggle against bigotry from her childhood during the Civil War to her participation in the civil rights demonstrations.
from Caedmon Audio Cassette (December 1, 1984)
Reinforced
from Demco Media (May 1, 1989); titled "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman"
9780606022132 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $15.65
About: An old woman recalls her struggle against bigotry from her childhood during the Civil War to her participation in the twentieth-century civil rights demonstrations
About: An old woman recalls her struggle against bigotry from her childhood during the Civil War to her participation in the twentieth-century civil rights demonstrations
Prebinding
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (April 9, 2009); titled "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman"
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999); titled "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman"
9780881035629 | details & prices | 4.25 × 7.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $17.20
About: An old woman recalls her struggle against bigotry from her childhood during the Civil War to her participation in the twentieth-century civil rights demonstrations
About: An old woman recalls her struggle against bigotry from her childhood during the Civil War to her participation in the twentieth-century civil rights demonstrations
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