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Bluest Eye

by Toni Morrison
Bluest Eye

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ISBN13: 9780452282193
ISBN10: 0452282195
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Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in.Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. A powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity, Toni Morrison’s virtuosic first novel asks powerful questions about race, class, and gender with the subtlety and grace that have always characterized her writing.

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“So precise, so faithful to speech and so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry.” The New York Times

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“A profoundly successful work of fiction....Taut and understated, harsh in its detachment, sympathetic in its truth...it is an experience.” The Detroit Free Press

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“This story commands attention, for it contains one black girl’s universe.” Newsweek

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Toni Morrison is the author of 11 novels, from The Bluest Eye (1970) to God Help the Child (2015). She has received the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. In 1993 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She lives in New York.

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S.Elliott , May 05, 2007 (view all comments by S.Elliott)
Wow. Morrison's first novel is fueled by amazing themes that give readers a glimpse into a world of hatred, ugliness, and hope. It is a hard novel to read because it really moves you to feel...you are horrific, you are sad, you are thoughtful. Of course, everyone can relate to wanting to change an aspect of themselves in order to be loved more or better. Pecola wants blue eyes and the idea that changing her eye color could change her life is a profound comment to our "beauty-centric" society. I think that people of all backgrounds and races can appreciate the quality of Morrison's writing and the stunning power of the narrative. It is harsh and gritty, but we should not ignore that this is a reality for many people in our world. Please read this book. It will change you.

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ISBN:
9780452282193
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
04/01/2000
Publisher:
PENGUIN PUTNAM TRADE
Series info:
Oprah's Book Club (Paperback)
Pages:
216
Height:
8.02 in.
Width:
5.36 in.
Thickness:
.65 in.
Series:
Oprah's Book Club (Paperback)
Grade Range:
General/trade
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
1993
Series Volume:
RN-0274
UPC Code:
2800452282195
Author:
Toni Morrison
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
African American girls
Subject:
Girls
Subject:
Afro-americans
Subject:
African Americans

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