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- Publisher: Random House Inc
- ISBN: 1400078474
- WAPI (Tower ID): 100158401
- Release Date: January 4, 2005
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #65476 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #7196 in Fiction & Literature (See Top 100 Fiction & Literature Bestsellers)
- #734 in Literary (See Top 100 Literary Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Love" by Toni Morrison to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Love"Browse more products related to "Toni Morrison"Review"[Morrison] does her best writing about bad people, and her new novel, LOVE, hooray, has plenty of those. Morrison's image is so august it's easy to forget how lurid her fiction can be." "[O]nce again, we are given a story about the long relationship of two women who have known each other since childhood; once again, we are given a story about a dysfunctional family living in what was once a seeming paradise. All of Ms. Morrison's perennial themes are here: lost innocence and the hold that time past exerts over time present; the sufferings sustained by black women at the hands of black men; the fallout that social change and changing attitudes toward race can have on a small community; the possibility of redemption, if past grievances and hurts can somehow be left behind." "LOVE is a rich parable about the damaging past as a demagogue ruling the present....Like a multifaceted stone, this intimate tale of seven women and one man is cut to refract the light as each of its characters sees it, turning their eyes round a reflecting center....[LOVE's] mercies may bring a wider audience into [Morrison's] contentious, rewarding universe." "LOVE is not a novel for the fainthearted. Despite its brevity, it makes substantial demands on the reader's attention and memory....Morrison's artful approach to storytelling mirrors the ambiguity and fragmentation of real-life narratives, while at the same time suggesting the continuity of past and present, as the living and the dead cast their reflections into the pool of memory....Remarkable for its author's insight and humanity, LOVE offers rich rewards to the attentive reader." "...LOVE is an elegantly shaped epic of infatuation, enslavement, and liberation: a rich symbolic mystery that grows steadily more eloquent and disturbing as its meanings clarify and grip the reader." Publisher's noteFrom the internationally acclaimed Nobel laureate comes a richly conceived novel that illuminates the full spectrum of desire. AnnotationToni Morrison's eighth novel centers on the Cosey family. Bill Cosey rose from poverty to become the millionaire owner of a prosperous resort. His son, Billy Boy, and Billy's daughter, Christine, have opposing views about the place. As years go by, Cosey's wealthy widow, Heed, struggles to keep the upper hand, and Billy's widow, May, becomes desperately afraid that what she has will be taken from her. Watching it all, as the generations succeed each other and the patriarchal influence of Bill Cosey continues to keep a hold on each family member, is his chef, a man known as L., who comments on the action. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003. If You Enjoy "Love (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Love (Paperback)" by Toni Morrison (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Literary BestsellersFiction & Literature Bestselling Books
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