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Beloved (Plume Contemporary Fiction)
 

Beloved (Vintage International)

by Toni Morrison

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 tremble."--People. (read review)

Top tags: fiction,  african american,  historical fiction,  slavery,  literature (all tags)

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Frieda G
  • Rated 4 stars

“I think I have never read a more 'cutting deep' book as 'Beloved'- I took it with me on a week of holiday and every now and then I had to put it aside because it touched me so deep emotionally- I think this book describes the horor of what slavery did and maybe still does to the soul of generations of people so sharply as Morrison!”

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2 of 2 members found this review helpful.
Lord Manleigh
  • Rated 2 stars

“One of the most acclaimed novels of the last 30 years. I don't get it. It must be me.”

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  • Rated 3.914492 stars
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  • Rated 3.970588 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • amright

    amright said:

    “This is one of the most disturbing books I have ever read but it is a piece of literature that has few parallels.Still I think Song of Soloman is Morrison's best.”

    posted Wednesday, May 14 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • alenord

    alenord said:

    “This comment is going to be touchy, but I was so intrigued when I read this regarding what the lingering effects of slavery on the African-American culture are today. There were some really tough implications of why familial or marital relationships were very tenuous (due to being ripped away from a husband or child and sold to a new master), and I just wondered how that would affect people over generations. I know it isn't a comfortable subject, but it is a discussion worth having.”

    posted Monday, May 12 2008 ( | view 3 replies )
  • Jahmila R

    jahmila r said:

    “I can agree that at times, this book was very confusing, but that to me is the beauty of it. The elements of poetry intermixed with prose is what makes the book all the more divulging. I enjoyed being confused, it lead me to read into the book way more than I needed to. I have read it 3 times, and I would most def read it again!!!”

    posted Sunday, April 20 2008
  • Al-Foulad

    al-foulad said:

    “I did not like the book. Although it has nice themes like love and slavery but the style is not appealing. The speaker keeps jumping from a story to another, then retell the story again from another prespective and reveal more information about the story. ”

    posted Sunday, April 13 2008
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet said:

    “Keith, you really think this work is more masterful than Song of Solomon, Sula, Paradise and Tarbaby?”

    posted Friday, March 28 2008
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