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Song of Solomon

By Toni Morrison

Song of Solomon Contemporary literature

Song of Solomon

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In this celebrated novel, Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison created a new way of rendering the contradictory nuances of black life in America. Its earthy poetic language and striking use of folklore and myth established Morrison as a major voice in contemporary fiction. Song of Solomon begins with one of the most arresting scenes in our century's literature: a dreamlike tableau depicting a man poised on a roof, about to fly into the air, while cloth rose petals swirl above the snow-covered ground and, in the astonished crowd below, one woman sings as another enters premature labor. The child born of that labor, Macon (Milkman) Dead, will eventually come to discover, through his complicated progress to maturity, the meaning of the drama that marked his birth. Toni Morrison's novel is at once a romance of self-discovery, a retelling of the black experience in America that uncovers the inalienable poetry of that experience, and a family saga luminous in its depth, imaginative generosity, and universality. It is also a tribute to the ways in which, in the hands of a master, the ancient art of storytelling can be used to make the mysterious and invisible aspects of human life apparent, real, and firm to the touch.
Product details
Number of Pages:
384
Release Date:
1995-11-14
Publication Date:
1995-11-14
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0679445048
ISBN13:
9780679445043
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
508 g
Height:
135 cm
Width:
211 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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