In Eatonville, Florida, the storm forced many to flee.

在佛罗里达的伊顿维尔，许多人因为飓风而背井离乡。

When Janie arrives back in Eatonville, her arrival is shrouded in mystery.

当 Janie 重新抵达伊顿维尔时，她的回归笼罩了一团神秘的色彩。

Several of her books take place in communities very similar to Eatonville.

她的几本书都发生在与伊顿维尔非常相似的地方。

A short time later, her family moved to Eatonville, a small town in central Florida.

不久之后，她全家搬到了佛罗里达州中部的小镇伊顿维尔。

All of the people of Eatonville were African-American. The town shaped Hurston's life and her writing.

伊顿维尔的所有人都是非裔美国人。这个小镇塑造了赫斯顿的生活和写作。

She left Eatonville and moved north when she was fourteen years old. She worked for a traveling theater company.

她14岁时离开伊顿维尔搬到了北方。她在一家巡回剧团工作。

Her father was a builder and a church preacher. He also became the mayor of Eatonville.

她的父亲是一名建筑工人和教堂牧师。他还成为伊顿维尔的市长。

Zora Neale Hurston was raised in Eatonville, one of the first planned and incorporated all-Black communities in America.

Hurston 同样在伊顿维尔长大，伊顿维尔也是美国第一个全黑人的社区。

Hurston published her first short stories at Howard University. Her stories were about black folklore and life in Eatonville.

赫斯顿在霍华德大学出版了自己的首部短篇小说。她的故事讲述了黑人民间传说和伊顿维尔的生活。

Like Janie, she also left Eatonville abruptly, traveling first to Jacksonville and DC, before eventually moving further north.

和书中的 Janie 一样，她也突然离开了伊顿维尔，路途中经过了Jacksonville 和华盛顿特区，最终向更远的北方走去。

But she never felt angry about being black. In her stories, she described Eatonville as a place where black Americans could live as they pleased.

但是她从未因作为一个黑人感到愤怒。在她的故事中，她把伊顿维尔描述成一个美国黑人可以随心所欲生活的地方。

When her family becomes well-respected in Eatonville, she struggles with the judgmental eyes of strangers and a husband who wants her to be something she's not.

而当她的家庭在伊顿维尔变得受人尊敬时，她也曾在陌生人和丈夫的评头论足中彷徨过，因为他们都希望她成为完全不像她自己的另一个人。

As a child, she would listen closely to the stories told by the adults in the town. Several of her books take place in communities very similar to Eatonville.

小时候，她会仔细听镇上大人们讲的故事。她的几本书发生在与伊顿维尔非常相似的社区。

Over the course of a conversation that spans most of the novel, Hurston untangles Janie's life story; from her complicated childhood and her life in Eatonville, to her scandalous departure and the shocking events that followed.

在持续了几乎整本小说的对话过程中，Hurston 整理了 Janie 的一生，从她的复杂的童年生活和她在伊顿维尔的生活，一直到那次可耻的离开和随之而来的骇人听闻的事件。