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| The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman |  | Author: Ernest J. Gaines
Creator: Harry Pincus
Publisher: Books on Tape
Category: Book
List Price: $56.00
Buy Used: $24.98
You Save: $31.02 (55%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 5808825
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio Cassette
Number Of Items: 7
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
ISBN: 5557024182
EAN: 9785557024181
ASIN: 5557024182
Publication Date: January 1971
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Condition: Lightly played Withdrawn Library Set: UNABRIDGED on 7 Cassettes stored in Original Hard Case ~ 2 small stickers on case insert, 2 small stickers on each tape ~ Case is CLEAN & INTACT. Read by LYNNE THIGPEN; Books On TApe Library Ed. NO cut-out or remainder mark. NOT a Book Club Ed. Packed w. Cardboard & Soft Padding. | SHIPS SAFELY & FAST!
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"This is a novel in the guise of thetape-recorded recollections of a black woman who haslived 110 years, who has been both a slave and awitness to the black militancy of the 1960's. In thiswoman Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure,a woman equipped to stand beside WilliamFaulkner's Dilsey in The Sound And TheFury." Miss Jane Pittman, like Dilsey, has'endured,' has seen almost everything and foretold therest. Gaines' novel brings to mind othergreat works The Odyssey for the wayhis heroine's travels manage to summarize theAmerican history of her race, and HuckleberryFinn for the clarity of her voice, forher rare capacity to sort through the mess of yearsand things to find the one true story in it all."-- Geoffrey Wolff, Newsweek.
"Stunning. I know of noblack novel about the Souththat excludes quite the same refreshing mix of witand wrath, imagination and indignation, misery andpoetry. And I can recall no more memorable femalecharacter in Southern fiction since Lena ofFaulkner's Light In August than MissJane Pittman." -- Josh Greenfeld,Life
From the Paperback edition.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 46 more reviews...
 Excellent Historical Fiction October 25, 2008
So many other 5 stars have been written for this book that I don't have much else to say. I ditto every good thing that was said.
 Very droll May 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I realize this is classic American literature, or at least modern classic, but I didn't like it. The book isn't really an autobiography; Jane is merely a point of reference (a common element) in a story that depicts the changes in Southern American society from the Civil War to the 1960s. I think it is unlike other slave narratives in that the central character is not the one whose name is in the title. It is a story of characters, many black people, the people Pittman meets. And the antagonist is social construction. Pittman's life seems so very dull, even meaningless. Things happen around her. She is not a participant. Until the end, when she decides to march in Bayonne. In her old ago, she gives her life purpose by finally deciding to actively respond to the terrible things she has experienced. Style reminds me of Zore Neale Hurston --- it's just storytelling, complete with its vagueness, how and what one chooses to remember, digressions. It often becomes droll.
Moving May 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the story of an incredible, 110 year old black woman, as told to a writer on tape. Jane, born Ticey, was born a slave on a Louisiana plantation and lived through slavery, with all of its cruelties, the Civil War, WW2 and the beginning of the civil rights movement. It's a fascinating glimpse into the lives of people born as slaves with no rights whatsoever, and follows them as they progressed through the following 100 years, learning to assert themselves, gain an education and aiming for better lives for themselves and their children. Some of the language was a little incomprehensible to me as a non American and I couldn't make out the meaning of a lot of phrases that local readers would understand immediately. I'll now try to find the movie on DVD to go with the book.
Miss Jane Pittman February 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read the Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman as an independent reading project for my English class this year, and I loved it. Although it was a little dry at times, it was a very thought-provoking book with a plot that made you want to keep reading. Although it is fictional, the author has a way of writing that will make you believe this story is a true autobiography. While reading, I could actually imagine being there with Jane, working by her side in the fields as a slave. It was almost as if I could feel the exact emotions she was feeling and all the pain that she was going through. Along with being entertaining, I also found this book to be educational. I learned so many things about the Civil War and slavery that I never knew before, but it was actually fun to read about. That's more than any text book can offer. My only warning for anybody who is planning on reading this book is that it's terribly sad in some parts. Some passages include a lot gory details, which I think are necessary to show what the characters are really going through, but others may find them to be a little excessive. In spite of that, I still ejoyed reading The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. My next step will be renting the movie. If that is anywhere near as good as the book, I'm in for a treat.
 Great if you like this sort of thing January 6, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This was a really interesting book, but it was a slow read and it wasn't very exciting to me. It was also very depressing. I did learn a lot from this book. For all you history and/or Civil War/Civil Rights fanatics, this is the book you need to read. For all you fantasy/adventure fans, you might want to read something else.
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