Beloved
by Toni Morrison
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalmonster/alien/supernaturalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancehuman spirit/resilience/survivalcomplex relationship
Boxlist takeA heavy novel that is moving, morally murky and fresh. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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3.9 / 5
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About This Book
Toni Morrison--author of Song of Solomon and Tar Baby--is a writer of remarkable powers: her novels, brilliantly acclaimed for their passion, their dazzling language and their lyric and emotional force, combine the unassailable truths of experience and emotion with the vision of legend and imagination.
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- Author
- Toni Morrison
- Published
- 1987
- Pages
- 321
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