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Beloved

A special edition of the award-winning classic
By Toni Morrison
Series: Vintage Quarterbound Classics
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Beloved by Toni Morrison is a profound and haunting novel exploring the legacy of slavery. It follows Sethe, a former enslaved woman, as she grapples with the haunting presence of her past both literally and figuratively. Living with her daughter in a house disturbed by memories and the supernatural, Sethe confronts traumatic experiences while seeking healing and redemption.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy deeply moving stories that explore themes of history, memory, and identity. Set in the aftermath of the American Civil War, it delves into the psychological impact of slavery on its characters, offering a profound and haunting narrative that lingers long after you turn the final page.

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Vintage Quarterbound Classics - Bound to be beautiful

A beautiful hardback edition of the Pulitzer-prize winning novel, from the great Toni Morrison.

Sethe is now miles away from Sweet Home - the farm where she was kept as a slave for many years. Unable to forget the unspeakable horrors that took place there, Sethe is haunted by the violent spectre of her dead child, the daughter who died nameless and whose tombstone is etched with a single word, 'Beloved'.

A tale of brutality, horror and, above all, love at any cost, Beloved is Toni Morrison's enduring masterpiece and best-known work.

'An American masterpiece' - A. S. Byatt

'Toni Morrison was a giant of her times and ours... Beloved is a heartbreaking testimony to the ongoing ravages of slavery, and should be read by all' - Margaret Atwood, New York Times

One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784878672

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 October 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 204.0mm

Weight: 401g

Pages: 352

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About the Author

Toni Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. She was the author of many novels, including The Bluest Eye, Sula, Beloved, Paradise and Love. She received the National Book Critics Circle Award and a Pulitzer Prize for her fiction and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honour, in 2012 by Barack Obama. Toni Morrison died on 5 August 2019 at the age of eighty-eight.

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