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Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

Start date: July 15, 2023

Finish date: August 15, 2023

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Jan 05, 2016 Kenneth P. rated it liked it

Shelves: african-american

This a rich, complex, beautifully written novel by a great American writer. Why only three stars? Chalk it up to personal preferences I guess. For me the symbolism is too heavy handed. I found the fairy-tale motif a bit too hokey. A northern black man goes south in search of a pot of gold. Instead he uncovers the mythical and concrete roots of his family, a discovery that is gold of a different kind. This is a good book that simply did not grab me.

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Jan 22, 2008 Tammy rated it really liked it

i wish all books were as good & immensely readable & aesthetically precise as this one.

magdalene's monologue hit especially close to home (why didn't anyone declaim THIS in high school?). "Our girlhood was spent like a found nickel on you" - goddamn. ...more

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