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Spunk - A Short Story;Including the Introductory Essay 'A Brief History of the Harlem Renaissance'

Spunk - A Short Story;Including the Introductory Essay 'A Brief History of the Harlem Renaissance'

Hurston, Zora Neale

Paperback

RomanceGeneral Fiction

ISBN10: 1528720520
ISBN13: 9781528720526
Publisher: Read & Co Classics
Published: Sep 27 2022
Pages: 34
Weight: 0.06
Height: 0.08 Width: 4.00 Depth: 6.00
Language: English

Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston explores a battle between physical and moral strength in this pocket-sized short story, 'Spunk'.

Set in an all-Black community in rural America, this short story poses the question of whether moral strength is more powerful than physical strength. Spunk Banks is described as a 'giant'. He is unafraid of anything and when he openly flaunts his affair with Lena Kanty, Joe Kanty's wife, the other men in the neighbourhood are afraid to confront him. Word of the affair gets back to Joe, who decides to threaten Spunk with a razor. Undeterred, Spunk shoots Joe dead and moves in with his widow. But when a bobcat begins to circle their house, Spunk becomes convinced that Joe has returned from the dead to avenge him.

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