This novel was translated into Italian in 1945 by Frassinelli Torino
. It has been reprinted many times, with introductions by, among others, Sherley Anne Williams
(1978), Mary Helen Washington
(1990), Ruby Dee
(1991), and...
Publishing
Alice Walker
The germ of this novel lay in a story told to AW
by her sister Ruth
, probably in 1973, of how their step-grandmother, Rachel Walker
, begged her husband
's mistress, Shug Perry
...
Reception
Zora Neale Hurston
Along with Walker, ZNH
has influenced many other writers, African-American and otherwise: these include Toni Cade Bambara
, Gayl Jones
, Toni Morrison
, and Mary Helen Washington
.
