EAN: 9780525659297

THE MEASURE OF OUR LIVES - TONI MORRISON GEBUNDEN

At once the ideal introduction to Toni Morrison and a lovely and moving keepsake for her
devoted readers: a treasury of quotations from her work. With a foreword by Zadie Smith.She was
our conscience. Our seer. Our truthteller. --Oprah Winfrey This inspirational book juxtaposes
quotations  one to a page  drawn from Toni Morrison's entire body of work  both fiction and
nonfiction--from The Bluest Eye to God Help the Child  from Playing in the Dark to The Source
of Self-Regard--to tell a story of self-actualization. It aims to evoke the totality of Toni
Morrison's literary vision. Its compelling sequence of flashes of revelation--stunning for
their linguistic originality  keenness of psychological observation  and philosophical
profundity--addresses issues of abiding interest in Morrison's work: the reach of language for
the ineffable  transcendence through imagination  the self and its discontents  the
vicissitudes of love  the whirligig of memory  the singular power of women  the original
American sin of slavery  the bankruptcy of racial oppression  the complex humanity and art of
black people. The Measure of Our Lives brims with elegance of style and mind and moral
authority.

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