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With enrapturing lyricism Their Eyes Were Watching God captures the heart of the human experience. Hurston's use of dialect is so rich and authentic the reader almost feels as if the words lift themselves right off the page, becoming audible and full of life. Whether Hurston is writing about sex, God, hate or love, I found each presentation, indeed, each word, was filled with a sacredness on par with some of the Bible, or the Koran.
Their Eyes Were Watching God is one of the finest examples of why the written word will never perish and why I will read books until the day I die.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Mike Cordle, January 5, 2010
With enrapturing lyricism Their Eyes Were Watching God captures the heart of the human experience. Hurston's use of dialect is so rich and authentic the reader almost feels as if the words lift themselves right off the page, becoming audible and full of life. Whether Hurston is writing about sex, God, hate or love, I found each presentation, indeed, each word, was filled with a sacredness on par with some of the Bible, or the Koran.Their Eyes Were Watching God is one of the finest examples of why the written word will never perish and why I will read books until the day I die.