"Girls can do that. Steer a man away from death or drive him right to it. Pull you out of sleep and you wake up on the ground under a tree you’ll never locate again because you’re lost. Of if you do find it, it won’t be the same."
From which Toni Morrison novel is this quote taken?
a. Sula
b. Song of Solomon
c. The Bluest Eye
d. Jazz
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From which Toni Morrison novel is this quote taken?
a. Sula
b. Song of Solomon
c. The Bluest Eye
d. Jazz
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Toni Morrison
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born
February 18, 1931
gender
female
place of birth
Lorain, Ohio, The United States
genre
Literature & Fiction
influences
James Baldwin, William Faulkner, Doris Lessing, Herman Melville
about this author
Toni Morrison (born Chloe Anthony Wofford), is an American author, editor, and professor who won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature for being an author "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality."
Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed African American characters; among the best known are her novels The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. In 2001 she was named one of "The 30 Most Powerful Women in America" by Ladies' Home Journal.
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Beloved by Toni Morrison avg rating 3.75 — 27,753 ratings — published 1987 59 editions |
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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison avg rating 3.85 — 14,676 ratings — published 1969 46 editions |
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Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison avg rating 3.98 — 10,963 ratings — published 1977 46 editions |
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Sula (Oprah's Book Club) by Toni Morrison avg rating 3.77 — 7,302 ratings — published 1973 42 editions |
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Paradise (Oprah's Book Club) by Toni Morrison avg rating 3.67 — 3,082 ratings — published 1997 25 editions |
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Jazz by Toni Morrison avg rating 3.68 — 2,998 ratings — published 1992 29 editions |
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A Mercy by Toni Morrison avg rating 3.62 — 2,825 ratings — published 2008 13 editions |
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Tar Baby by Toni Morrison avg rating 3.70 — 2,571 ratings — published 1981 30 editions |
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Love: A Novel by Toni Morrison avg rating 3.52 — 1,620 ratings — published 2003 28 editions |
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Playing in the Dark : Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison avg rating 4.03 — 565 ratings — published 1992 10 editions |
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Toni Morrison talks about her new novel A Mercy. For more information please visit http://aaknopf.com/tonimorrison
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"If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."
— Toni Morrison
— Toni Morrison
"She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order."
— Toni Morrison (Beloved)
— Toni Morrison (Beloved)
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