Bibliograph

Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison

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Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-276)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Song of Solomon

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

15366961

Responsibility statement

Toni Morrison

Series statement

Casebooks in criticism

Summary

This novel takes readers into a magical and richly peopled world which encompasses four generations of African American lifeMilkman 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

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