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From BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama (04/01/2016):
By Toni Morrison
Adapted by Patricia Cumper
Toni Morrison's seminal 1987 novel about a haunted house in the era that followed the abolition of slavery in the United States is adapted for radio for the first time. Toni Morrison's masterpiece melds horror and poetry as it tells the story of Sethe, a woman who escaped slavery by crossing the Ohio river, but who, eighteen years later, is still not free.
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The spirit of a murdered child haunts ...more
By Toni Morrison
Adapted by Patricia Cumper
Toni Morrison's seminal 1987 novel about a haunted house in the era that followed the abolition of slavery in the United States is adapted for radio for the first time. Toni Morrison's masterpiece melds horror and poetry as it tells the story of Sethe, a woman who escaped slavery by crossing the Ohio river, but who, eighteen years later, is still not free.
Episode 1 of 2:
The spirit of a murdered child haunts ...more
I put off reading this book for a long time. I was afraid it would be too heavy. It is heavy, but it is also beautiful, and more closely in touch with what it means to be human than most stories.
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