{"product_id":"crossing-the-creek-1","title":"Crossing the Creek","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the twentieth century's most intriguing and complicated literary friendships was that between Zora Neale Hurston and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. In death, their reputations have reversed, but in the early 1940s Rawlings had already achieved wild success with her best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Yearling\u003c\/i\u003e, while Hurston had published \u003ci\u003eTheir Eyes Were Watching God\u003c\/i\u003e to unfavourable critical reviews.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen they met, both were at the height of their literary powers. Hurston appears to have sought out Rawlings as a writer who could understand her talent and as a potential patron and champion. Rawlings did become an advocate for Hurston, and by all accounts a warm friendship developed between the two. Yet at every turn, Rawlings's own racism and the societal norms of the Jim Crow South loomed on the horizon, until her friendship with Hurston transformed Rawlings's views on the subject and made her an advocate for racial equality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56148247380312,"sku":"9780813035000","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780813035000.jpg?v=1777870869","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/crossing-the-creek-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}