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After reading it's obvious why Song of Solomon is one of Barack's favorite books. I finished it last night and I feel like I need more time to think about it before commiting my thoughts to paper. My initial reaction is to love they way Morrison plays with light in words. There is a duality in her characters, they are both loving and indifferent, kind and cruel, living and dead. I think I liked Beloved better but Pilate is by far my favorite Morrison character.
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I felt so lucky when my professor chose this book instead of portions of Ulysses by Joyce for a freshman Epic literature class. This book was chosen as a modern day epic to focus on. It was the best epic of the semester.
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