Love Contributor(s): Morrison, Toni (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400078474 ISBN-13: 9781400078479 Publisher: Vintage
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 2005 Annotation: Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison's spellbinding new novel is a Faulknerian symphony of passion and hatred, power and perversity, color and class that spans three generations of black women in a fading beach town. In life, Bill Cosey enjoyed the affections of many women, who would do almost anything to gain his favor. In death his hold on them may be even stronger. Wife, daughter, granddaughter, employee, mistress: As Morrison's protagonists stake their furious claim on Cosey's memory and estate, using everything from intrigue to outright violence, she creates a work that is shrewd, funny, erotic, and heartwrenching. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Women |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2005283485 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8" L (0.52 lbs) 202 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Features: Price on Product |
Review Citations: Ingram Advance 02/01/2005 pg. 52 - Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended Kliatt 03/01/2005 pg. 21 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A spellbinding symphony of passion and hatred, power and perversity, color and class that spans three generations of Black women in a fading beach town. "A marvelous work, which enlarges our conception not only of love but of racial politics." --Los Angeles Times Book Review In life, Bill Cosey enjoyed the affections of many women, who would do almost anything to gain his favor. In death his hold on them may be even stronger. Wife, daughter, granddaughter, employee, mistress: As Morrison's protagonists stake their furious claim on Cosey's memory and estate, using everything from intrigue to outright violence, she creates a work that is shrewd, funny, erotic, and heartwrenching. |
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