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Some of my students have selected this book for reports and presentations over the years . Just to be clear, they are non-native speakers of English. Sometimes they select the book because it is short. I don't think they realize how intense it is , until they get into it, but few have ever regretted choosing it. I require them to read at least one novel by an American, preferably still-breathing female writer of color, not because I personally dislike the classic Dead White Males, but because sa
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Yay, I finished the Reading Women Challenge 2020! This was the very last book on that challenge: bonus novel by Toni Morrison.
As with many Nobel laureates' books, this treats a Worthy Theme. I am not always a friend of the Worthy Nobel-type book, and I did not entirely warm to this book by Morrison. It has a grim subject, with no redemption offered. It meanders from one character to the next. There is a semblance of a narrative but it stops and starts. Theme seems more important than plot.
It wa ...more
As with many Nobel laureates' books, this treats a Worthy Theme. I am not always a friend of the Worthy Nobel-type book, and I did not entirely warm to this book by Morrison. It has a grim subject, with no redemption offered. It meanders from one character to the next. There is a semblance of a narrative but it stops and starts. Theme seems more important than plot.
It wa ...more
“We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.”
-Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison can certainly "do" language. One of the most lyrical books which deals with brutal subjects I have ever read and for such a short book, her characters are incredibly rich.
When she died last year I was embarrassed that I had not read any of her books so I was determined to read at least one before the year ended. I will miss her voice but I'm sure I will savor her ways ...more
-Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison can certainly "do" language. One of the most lyrical books which deals with brutal subjects I have ever read and for such a short book, her characters are incredibly rich.
When she died last year I was embarrassed that I had not read any of her books so I was determined to read at least one before the year ended. I will miss her voice but I'm sure I will savor her ways ...more
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