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Paradise by Toni Morrison (1997, Hardcover)
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Alfred A. Knopf bookplate with Toni Morrison's ink signature affixed to half-title page Binding is firm; text is clean and unmarked. Seventh novel by Toni Morrison who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993.
- Buy it nowPARADISE by Toni Morrison ** SIGNED** 2nd printing before publication (1997)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679433740
ISBN-139780679433743
eBay Product ID (ePID)346214
Product Key Features
Book TitleParadise
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
TopicAfrican American / General, General, Literary, Historical
GenreFiction
AuthorToni Morrison
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight24.1 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN97-080913
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"Morrison has brought it all together: the poetry, the emotion, the broad symbolic plan." -- The New York Times Book Review "Stunning. . . . Morrison at her novelistic best." -- The New Yorker "Morrison dazzles." -- The Nation "A fascinating story, wonderfully detailed. . . . The town is the stage for a profound and provocative debate." -- Los Angeles Times "Morrison [is] a master storyteller. . . . She is at the height of her imaginative powers." -- New York Daily News "Everything is resonant here: the most casual gestures are informed by the facts and myths of genders and race, by our notions of civilization and lawlessness, body and spirit, Christianity and witchcraft. Morrison's lyrical prose displays great confidence in her readers' intelligence, demands their unflagging attention, and rewards them generously--with a memorable work of epic range and monumental ambition." -- People "Toni Morrison is an extraordinarily good writer. Two pages into anything she writes one feels the power of her language and the emotional authority behind that language." -- The Village Voice "Morrison is at the top of her form. . . . Impressive, eloquent, and powerfully imagined." -- The Baltimore Sun "Morrison is a terrific storyteller. . . . Her writing evokes the joyful richness of life." -- Newsday "A breathtaking, risk-taking major work that will have readers feverishly, and fearfully turning the pages." -- Kirkus Reviews "[A] triumph. . . . The individual stories of both the women and the townspeople reveal Morrison at her best." -- Publishers Weekly (starred)
Dewey Decimal813.5/4
Synopsis"Rumors had been whispered for more than a year. Outrages that had been accumulating all along took shape as evidence. A mother was knocked down the stairs by her cold-eyed daughter. Four damaged infants were born in one family. Daughters refused to get out of bed. Brides disappeared on their honeymoons. Two brothers shot each other on New Year's Day. Trips to Demby for VD shots common. And what went on at the Oven these days was not to be believed . . . The proof they had been collecting since the terrible discovery in the spring could not be denied: the one thing that connected all these catastrophes was in the Convent. And in the Convent were those women." In Paradise --her first novel since she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature--Toni Morrison gives us a bravura performance. As the book begins deep in Oklahoma early one morning in 1976, nine men from Ruby (pop. 360), in defense of "the one all-black town worth the pain," assault the nearby Convent and the women in it. From the town's ancestral origins in 1890 to the fateful day of the assault, Paradise tells the story of a people ever mindful of the relationship between their spectacular history and a void "Out There . . . where random and organized evil erupted when and where it chose." Richly imagined and elegantly composed, Paradise weaves a powerful mystery.
LC Classification NumberPS3563.O8749P37
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- 18 Jul, 2020
In great condition!
Book is in great condition, looks very new. Very cheap considering this is a classic and the book has a hardcover. Will definitely be buying from here again!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 28 May, 2019
My favorite book
I have this book on Kindle and hardback. I have read it at least 6 times. When I can't decide what to read, I always reread this. My fave!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 08 Apr, 2020
Book came in time and good quality
Book was new, good qualityVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 19 Aug, 2019
Amazing!!!
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- 26 Apr, 2020
Great!!!
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