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Beloved

Toni Morrison

Reader Score

79%

79% of readers

recommend this book

Morrison's magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel--first published in 1987--brings the unimaginable experience of slavery into the literature of today and into the reader's comprehension.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Turtleback Books
  • Publish Date: Jun 8th, 2004
  • Pages: 352
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Turtleback Scho - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.90in - 5.00in - 1.00in - 0.95lb
  • EAN: 9781417635542
  • Categories: • Literary

Praise for this book

"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 of hers again, andthe 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