ISBN: 0099760118
(9780099760115)
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Description:
It is the mid-1800s. At Sweet Home in Kentucky, an era is ending as slavery comes under attack from the abolitionists. The worlds of Halle and Paul D. are to be destroyed in a cataclysm of torment and agony. The world of Sethe, however, is to turn from one of love to one of violence and death - the death of Sethe's baby daughter Beloved, whose name is the single word on the tombstone, who died at her mother's hands, and who will return to claim retribution.
Review:
This is Morrison's masterwork for which she was awarded the Pulitzer and, subsequently, the Nobel Prize. It is an unflinchingly tough and heart-wrenching novel, examining the ghosts of slavery in the lives of black American women. Sethe has killed her own daughter, Beloved, with a saw rather than return her to the plantations. Some years later, in the summer of 1873, a troubled and oddly familiar young woman appears in Sethe's life. Has the past caught up with her at last? Beloved is a novel of great lyrical beauty and emotional intensity. Review by Jim Crace, whose books include 'Being Dead' (Kirkus UK)
What the papers say:
"A masterwork. . . . Wonderful. . . . I can't imagine American literature without it." -John Leonard, "Los Angeles Times
""A triumph." -Margaret Atwood, "The New York Times Book Review
""Toni Morrison's finest work. . . . [It] sets her apart [and] displays her prodigious talent." -"Chicago Sun-Times
""Dazzling. . . . Magical. . . . An extraordinary work." -"The New York Times
""A masterpiece. . . . Magnificent. . . . Astounding. . . . Overpowering." -"Newsweek
""Brilliant. . . . Resonates from past to present." -"San Francisco Chronicle
""A brutally powerful, mesmerizing story. . . . Read it and tremble." -"People
""Toni Morrison is not just an important contemporary novelist but a major figure in our national literature." -"New York Review of Books
""A work of genuine force. . . . Beautifully written." -"The Washington Post
""There is something great in Beloved": " a play of human voices, consciously exalted, perversely stressed, yet holding true. It gets you." -"The New Yorker
""A magnificent heroine . . . a glorious book." -"The Baltimore Sun
""Superb. . . . A profound and shattering story that carries the weight of history. . . . Exquisitely told." -"Cosmopolitan
""Magical . . . rich, provocative, extremely satisfying." -"Milwaukee Journal
""Beautifully written. . . . Powerful. . . . Toni Morrison has become one of America's finest novelists." -"The Plain Dealer
""Stunning. . . A lasting achievement." -"The Christian Science Monitor
""Written with a force rarely seen in contemporary fiction. . . . One feels deep admiration." -"USA Today
""Compelling . . . . Morrison shakes that brilliant kaleidoscope ofhers again, and the story of pain, endurance, poetry and power she is born to tell comes right out." -"The Village Voice
""A book worth many rereadings." -"Glamour
""In her most probing novel, Toni Morrison has demonstrated once again the stunning powers that place her in the first ranks of our living novelists." -"St. Louis Post-Dispatch
""Heart-wrenching . . . mesmerizing." -"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
""Shattering emotional power and impact." -"New York Daily News
""A rich, mythical novel . . . a triumph." -"St. Petersburg Times
""Powerful . . . voluptuous." -"New York
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