Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Type
Label
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Language
eng
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
not applicable
Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
Beloved
Oclc number
408874860751657690399073261534
Responsibility statement
by Toni Morrison
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. After the Civil War ends, Sethe longingly recalls the two-year-old daughter whom she killed when threatened with recapture after escaping from slavery 18 years before
Target audience
general
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Creator
Genre
Subject
Incoming Resources
- Has instance2