Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison
Taste attributes: dramafamilymyth/fairytalefresh & originalenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcoming of agesocial commentary
Boxlist takeA fresh novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. With this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison transfigures the coming-of-age story as audaciously as Saul Bellow or Gabriel García Márquez.
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- Author
- Toni Morrison
- Published
- 1977
- Pages
- 341
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- Open Library
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