Read the searing first novel from the celebrated author of Beloved which immerses us in the
tragic torn lives of a poor black family in post-Depression 1940s Ohio. Unloved unseen
Pecola prays each night for blue eyes. In this way she dreams of becoming beautiful of
becoming someone - like her white schoolfellows - worthy of care and attention. Immersing us in
the tragic torn lives of a poor black family in post-Depression Ohio Toni Morrison's
indelible debut reveals the nightmare at the heart of Pecola's yearning and the tragedy of its
fulfilment. **AS FEATURED IN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB** 'She revealed the sins of her nation
while profoundly elevating its canon. She suffused the telling of blackness with beauty whilst
steering us away from the perils of the white gaze. That's why she told her stories. And why we
will never ever stop reading them' Afua Hirsch 'Discovering a writer like Toni Morrison is
rarest of pleasures' Washington Post 'When she arrived with her first novel The Bluest Eye
she immediately re-ordered the American literary landscape' Ben Okri Winner of the PEN Saul
Bellow award for achievement in American fiction
