Dust Tracks on a Road: A Memoir

€œWarm, witty, imaginative. . . . This is a rich and winning book.€€"The New Yorker

Dust Tracks on a Road is the bold, poignant, and funny autobiography of novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, one of American literature€s most compelling and influential authors. Hurston€s powerful novels of the South€"including Jonah€s Gourd Vine and, most famously, Their Eyes Were Watching God€"continue to enthrall readers with their lyrical grace, sharp detail, and captivating emotionality. First published in 1942, Dust Tracks on a Road is Hurston€s personal story, told in her own words. The Perennial Modern Classics Deluxe edition includes an all-new forward by Maya Angelou, an extended biography by Valerie Boyd, and a special P.S. section featuring the contemporary reviews that greeted the book€s original publication.