num_pages: 259
description: Miss 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. A 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.
language: English
title: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
titlecomplete: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
genres: Fiction, Historical, African American Literature, School, Classics, Historical Fiction, Southern, Literary Fiction, Race, African American
ratings_count: 13603
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: California Book Award
category: Fiction (Silver)
publisher: Bantam