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Song of Solomon - Toni Morrison & Tayari Jones

Song of Solomon

By Toni Morrison & Tayari Jones

  • Release Date: 1977-08-12
  • Genre: Literary Fiction
Score: 4.5
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From 433 Ratings
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An official Oprah Winfrey’s “The Books That Help Me Through” selection • The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner transfigures the coming-of-age story with this brilliantly imagined novel. Includes a foreword by the author and a new introduction by Tayari Jones.

One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

“A rhapsodic work. . . . Intricate and inventive.” —The New Yorker

Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. As Morrison follows Milkman from his rustbelt city to the place of his family’s origins, she introduces an entire cast of strivers and seeresses, liars and assassins, the inhabitants of a fully realized Black world.

Reviews

  • Toni the Master

    5
    By Sunsta8
    Toni is a master at capturing and detailing a black experience while giving direction for a better tomorrow

  • Lyrical genius

    5
    By LoveJesusForReal
    She’s one of one. Found this on a list of banned books and thought I’d give it a read. I’m happy I did. Compelling, thought-provoking.

  • Nope nope

    1
    By Spacecreatenicmname
    Some parts of this is not in the book

  • Beautifully Written!

    5
    By RaydioChick
    Toni Morrison has once again graced her fans with her masterful story telling skills. The deep weaving of fictional and historical facts of the characters, locations and raw emotions throughout this tale is thought provoking. And to think this wonderful author's book was placed on the banned list..? Philistines!

  • Perfection!

    5
    By iRodi
    I loved this book. It blends lessons in history with the psychology of African-Americans!

  • Song of Solomon

    5
    By Back_seat_driver_
    Phenomenal story told using beautiful language and sentences that flowed like streams. There are so many allusions and innuendo hidden within the depths of this novel that an educated reader couldn't find one page boring.

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