- Fiction, Racism, African American girls, Interracial adoption
A powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize--winning author of Beloved and, almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier.In the 1680s the slave trade was still in its infancy.
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- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Toni Morrison, Jordi Fibla Feito
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 192
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus, ISIS Large Print Books, BOURGOIS
- Editions
- 33
- Language
- Japanese, French, Polish, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9781283994750
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Toni Morrison is a Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed black characters. Among her best known novels are *The Bluest Eye*, *Song of Solomon*, and *Beloved*. ([Source][1].) [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Morrison
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