The Autobiography of Miss Jane PittmanBy: Ernest J. Gaines Grand, robust, a rich and big novel.Alice Walker, The New York Times Book Review In [Jane Pittman], Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure. . . . Gainess novel brings to mind other great works: The Odyssey, for the way his heroines travels manage to summarize the American history of her race, and Huckleberry Finn, for the clarity of [Pittmans] voice, for her rare capacity to sort through the mess of years and things to find