"Beloved is a haunting—one that has earned its place in our homes and on our shelves, in spite of nearly 40 years' worth of attempts to banish it. Through Morrison's unparalleled command of language, narrative, and character, Beloved depicts the intricate mix of the love, trauma, and violence tangled up in black families ravaged by slavery."
Publisher Vintage Books
Publication Date 2004-06-01
Section Fiction / All Staff Suggestions / Fiction Suggestions / Read D.
Format Paperback
ISBN 9781400033416
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.
