From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner, a passionate, profound story of love and obsession that brings us back and forth in time, as a narrative is assembled from the emotions, hopes, fears, and deep realities of Black urban life. With a foreword by the author.
âAs rich in themes and poetic images as her Pulitzer Prizeâwinning Beloved.... Morrison conjures up the hand of slavery on Harlemâs jazz generation. The more you listen, the more you crave to hear.â âGlamour
In the winter of 1926, when everybody everywhere sees nothing but good things ahead, Joe Trace, middle-aged door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products, shoots his teenage lover to death. At the funeral, Joeâs wife, Violet, attacks the girlâs corpse. This novel âtransforms a familiar refrain of jilted love into a bold, sustaining time of self-knowledge and discovery. Its rhythms are infectiousâ (People).
"The author conjures up worlds with complete authority and makes no secret of her angst at the injustices dealt to Black women.â âThe New York Times Book Review