{"product_id":"the-autobiography-of-miss-jane-pittman-9780385342780","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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62242316288387,"sku":"9780385342780","price":17.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780385342780.jpg?v=1785398283","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/the-autobiography-of-miss-jane-pittman-9780385342780","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}