Song of Solomon
By Toni Morrison & Tayari Jones
- Release Date: 1977-08-12
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An official Oprah Winfrey’s “The Books That Help Me Through” selection • The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner transfigures the coming-of-age story with this brilliantly imagined novel. Includes a foreword by the author and a new introduction by Tayari Jones.
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
“A rhapsodic work. . . . Intricate and inventive.” —The New Yorker
Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. As Morrison follows Milkman from his rustbelt city to the place of his family’s origins, she introduces an entire cast of strivers and seeresses, liars and assassins, the inhabitants of a fully realized Black world.
Reviews
just wow
5By salettariusWow.Toni the Master
5By Sunsta8Toni is a master at capturing and detailing a black experience while giving direction for a better tomorrowLyrical genius
5By LoveJesusForRealShe’s one of one. Found this on a list of banned books and thought I’d give it a read. I’m happy I did. Compelling, thought-provoking.Nope nope
1By SpacecreatenicmnameSome parts of this is not in the bookBeautifully Written!
5By RaydioChickToni Morrison has once again graced her fans with her masterful story telling skills. The deep weaving of fictional and historical facts of the characters, locations and raw emotions throughout this tale is thought provoking. And to think this wonderful author's book was placed on the banned list..? Philistines!Perfection!
5By iRodiI loved this book. It blends lessons in history with the psychology of African-Americans!Song of Solomon
5By Back_seat_driver_Phenomenal story told using beautiful language and sentences that flowed like streams. There are so many allusions and innuendo hidden within the depths of this novel that an educated reader couldn't find one page boring.
