“A deeply soulful book that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the best people from the tiny of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don’t know how to live properly.” -Zadie Smith

Probably one of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eye Were Viewing God brings alive a Southern like story using the wit and pathos found only in the writing of Zora Neale Hurston. Out of print for almost thirty years-due mainly to initial viewers’ rejection of its strong black feminine protagonist-Hurston’s classic provides since its 1978 reissue become perhaps the most broadly read and highly acclaimed novel in the canon of African-American literature. The audio is conducted by the legendary Ruby Dee.