この本はJane（主人公）の１６歳からの人生の物語です。この本には３人の彼女の夫がでてきて、彼女がそれぞれ彼らの事をどう思ったのか、また彼らを通して、本当の愛を探していきます。

Their Eyes Were Watching God was one of the best books that I've ever read. The book answered a lot of questions about life. We are faced with several conflicts in humanity with choices having to be made between Love, Good, Evil, Hope or reality, and Truth. It is a story about Janie, a young black woman, who tries to find herself through her grandmother's footsteps and eventually confronts herself to become the person she knows is of her own good. Taken along the memory lane in a small southern black town, 'Their Eyes were Watching God' is a beautiful portrayal of the conflicts confronting Janie, not only about herself but also about how her society perceives her. Through an amazing creativity in characters, plot development, excellent narrative, lessons and dialogues and an easy ride through time, Zora successful made the reader to understand and appreciate black culture. This absolutely credible story is a highly recommended book to anyone with a taste for classic stories.

Also recommended: DISCIPLES OF FORTUNE, THE GREAT GATSBY, UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, THE UNION MOUJIK

Two aspects are key to making a novel outstanding - Great substance, and Fluent style. Substance, of course, is the very base on which a story is told. On substance, Hurston scores big time with 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'. Vivid characterizations, tangibly real situations, people that think and act like some around us, and a strong message, all combine to make this novel one of the most brilliant stories ever written. Where it lets the average reader down, though, is in the area of style and presentation. More specifically, though Hurston has consciously decided to adopt the common English tongue that would be spoken by the characters in her novel, the words make the reader stop and start several times in his or her attempts to grasp the meaning. Such an approach, though artistically more credible, certainly limits the popularity of the novel as a mass paperback.

一人の黒人女性ジェイニーの１６歳から４０過ぎまでの生涯を描いていているこの小説は、「カラーパープル」で有名なアリス･ウォーカーを魅了したといわれている。
この小説は黒人女性という社会的にも不利な立場にいるジェイニーが３人の夫を通してどのように自分のアイデンティティーを見つけ出していくかを主題にしている。