{"product_id":"autobiography-of-miss-jane-pittman-ernest-j-gaines-9780553263572","title":"The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Grand, robust, a rich and big novel.\"--Alice Walker, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In [Jane Pittman], Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure. . . . Gaines's novel brings to mind other great works: \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, for the way his heroine's travels manage to summarize the American history of her race, and \u003ci\u003eHuckleberry Finn, \u003c\/i\u003efor the clarity of [Pittman's] voice, for her rare capacity to sort through the mess of years and things to find the one true story of it all.\"--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiss Jane Pittman. She is one of the most unforgettable heroines in American fiction, a woman whose life has come to symbolize the struggle for freedom, dignity, and justice. Ernest J. Gaines's now-classic novel--written as an autobiography--spans one hundred years of Miss Jane's remarkable life, from her childhood as a slave on a Louisiana plantation to the Civil Rights era of the 1960s. It is a story of courage and survival, history, bigotry, and hope--as seen through the eyes of a woman who lived through it all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA historical tour de force, a triumph of fiction, Miss Jane's eloquent narrative brings to life an important story of race in America--and stands as a landmark work for our time.","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50123461001409,"sku":"9780553263572","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/5512\/0833\/files\/9780553263572.jpg?v=1775483531","url":"https:\/\/www.porchlightbooks.com\/products\/autobiography-of-miss-jane-pittman-ernest-j-gaines-9780553263572","provider":"Porchlight Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}