"This is a novel in the guise of thetape-recorded recollections of a black woman who haslived 110 years, who has been both a slave and awitness to the black militancy of the 1960\'s.
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In thiswoman Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure, a woman equipped to stand beside WilliamFaulkner\'s Dilsey in "The Sound And TheFury."" Miss Jane Pittman, like Dilsey, has\'endured, \' has seen almost everything and foretold therest. "This is a novel in the guise of thetape-recorded recollections of a black woman who haslived 110 years, who has been both a slave and awitness to the black militancy of the 1960\'s