Laura Nicholas answers “hey guys! I am not a native, but I'm not...”

Ha Med asked this question about Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1):

hey guys! I am not a native, but I'm not new to novels....... I cant quite understand the text in this book, Am I the only one??? should I read another book prior to this one in ortherto understand??? (the literary books I had read and came across with no problem at all: pride and prejudice, Frankenstein etc,,, ) thanks in advance

Laura Nicholas I think the fact that this is African American genre is also part of why it seems so confusing. The genre it's self is unique in the way authors discu…moreI think the fact that this is African American genre is also part of why it seems so confusing. The genre it's self is unique in the way authors discuss time while weaving their texts with the oral African American story telling tradition as well as what seems to be old slave language. The book isn't easy or straightforward especially if, as a reader, there is an unfamiliarity with the genre. African American Fiction is very unique hardly comparable to the "classics." African American literary fiction is complex in unusual and unfamiliar ways. I haven't finished the novel, but I have read a handful of other Morrison's novels and thus far, this is the most beautifully, lyrically, poetically written book of hers I've picked up. It feels a bit like Colson Whithead's Underground Railroad. Magical fiction. (less)

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