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Beloved Paperback - 1997
by Morrison, T
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- Title Beloved
- Author Morrison, T
- Binding Paperback
- Edition International Ed
- Pages 275
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, London
- Publication date 1997
- Bookseller's Inventory # 9235804
- ISBN 9780099273936 / 0099273934
- Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.12 x 0.73 in (19.81 x 13.00 x 1.85 cm)
- Reading level 870
- Category Fiction - General
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe's new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Filled with bitter poetry and suspense as taut as a rope, Beloved is a towering achievement.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Reader reviews for Beloved
Review summary
Readers largely regard Toni Morrison’s Beloved as a searing, formally adventurous novel that fuses a ghost story with an unflinching account of slavery’s enduring trauma. The prose—poetic, image-rich, and often non-linear—was widely praised, though many admitted the shifting timelines and perspectives can be disorienting before the pieces cohere. The book’s emotional intensity left many drained yet admiring, with several calling it essential reading and noting it rewards patience, rereading, or guided study; Morrison’s own audiobook narration drew special praise. A minority were frustrated by the difficulty or felt detached from the characters, and a few found the ending underwhelming. Overall, the consensus leans toward “important and masterful,” if not conventionally enjoyable.
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