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Song of Solomon

byToni Morrison

Who is this book for? Readers interested in African American literature, coming-of-age stories, and family sagas.

Topics African american identityFamily dynamicsComing-of-ageIntergenerational legacyCultural heritageQuest for self-discoveryCommunity relationshipsMyth and folkloreSocial issuesMultigenerational storytellingIdentityFamilySurvival
MoodReflective, Mysterious
RomanceMinor Subplot
ViolenceMild
Stunningly-designed new editions of Toni Morrison's best-known novels, published by Vintage Classics in celebration of her life and work.WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY BOOKER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR MARLON JAMESSoon after a local eccentric leaps from a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight, Macon 'Milkman' Dead III is born. Brought up by his well-off black family to revere the white world around him, Milkman strives to make sense of his conflicting identities. Always seeking flight in some way, he leaves his Michigan home for the South, retracing the steps of his forebears in search of his own buried heritage and is introduced to an entire cast of strivers and seeresses, liars and assassins; the inhabitants of a fully realised black world.Evocative and kaleidoscopic, Song of Solomon is a brilliantly imagined coming-of-age tale.

Language

en

Published on

02/03/2022

Pages

448

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781784876456

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