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Beloved
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Start date
March 1, 2017
Finish date
March 31, 2017
Why we're reading this
March 2017 New School selection

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Franky
Sep 26, 2019 rated it really liked it
In her introduction to the novel, Toni Morrison states of Beloved that she “wanted the reader to be kidnapped, thrown ruthlessly into an alien environment as the first step into a shared experience with the book’s population, just as the characters were snatched from one place to another, from any place to any other, without preparation or defense.” I think a reader can definitely feel a sense of being thrown into this world from the opening pages and chapters.

I think one of the more interestin
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Rianto Dermawan
Nov 19, 2019 rated it liked it
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Toni Morrison, menulis tentang periode gelap Amerika , wilayah Selatan tahun 1870-an kaum Negro diperbudak, sangat tidak manusia. Dan sedikit yang berhasil melarikan diri ke wilayah utara membawa kepedihan, kesedihan, horor, jiwa yang sakit.

Satu rumah berwarna putih kusam, 124 di Bluestone Road, Cincinnaty , didiami oleh Baby Suggs, nenek yang kuat seolah punya kekuatan mistis, lolos dari jerat perbudakan diselamatkan oleh Halle, anaknya. Namun kehilangan 9 anak-anaknya. Hanya Halle yang memberi
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Naomi
Feb 15, 2021 rated it really liked it
This book was so difficult for me to read. So much so, that I stopped for four months in the middle before finally reading the second half. Toni Morrison's writing is beautiful and evocative and poetic. This story is also incredibly hard to read and very hard to get through. I don't have many thoughts yet, because I want to let it sit with me for a while, but I will be thinking about this book for a very long time. ...more
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