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Set in rural Ohio several years after the Civil War, this profoundly affecting chronicle of slavery and its aftermath is Toni Morrison's greatest novel, a dazzling achievement, and the most spellbinding reading experience of the decade. "A brutally powerful, mesmerizing story . . . read it and... read more
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“The future was a matter of keeping the past at bay.”
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FOLLOWING ITS publication in September 1987, Beloved was widely reviewed and - with one important exception - widely praised, both as Morrison's 'best' novel to date and one of the most significant literary achievements of the postwar period.
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Authors & Contributors
- Toni Morrison (Author)
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize (1988: Fiction)
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