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Beloved, a novel

It is the mid-1800s. At Sweet Home in Kentucky, an era is ending as slavery comes under attack from the abolitionists. The worlds of Halle and Paul D. are to be destroyed in a cataclysm of torment and agony. The world of Setthe, however, is to turn from one of love to one of violence and death - the death of Sethe's baby daughter Beloved, whose name is the single word on the tombstone, who died at her mother's hands, and who will return to claim retribution. -- "She melds horror and beauty in a story that will disturb the mind forever"--Sunday times. "Morrison's versatility and emotional range appear to know no bounds"--Margaret Atwood, New York Times Book Review. "A frightening, beautiful and intensely exciting novel about America and its past" - Jane Miller, London Review of Books. Winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature.

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  • "Set in rural Ohio several years after the Civil War, it is the story of Sethe, an escaped slave, who has lost a husband and buried a child. She now lives on the edge of town with her daughter, her mother-in-law, and a disturbi ng, mesmerizing apparition who calls herself Beloved."
  • "Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this ... novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe's new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. -Back cover."
  • "It is the mid-1800s. At Sweet Home in Kentucky, an era is ending as slavery comes under attack from the abolitionists. The worlds of Halle and Paul D. are to be destroyed in a cataclysm of torment and agony. The world of Setthe, however, is to turn from one of love to one of violence and death - the death of Sethe's baby daughter Beloved, whose name is the single word on the tombstone, who died at her mother's hands, and who will return to claim retribution. -- "She melds horror and beauty in a story that will disturb the mind forever"--Sunday times. "Morrison's versatility and emotional range appear to know no bounds"--Margaret Atwood, New York Times Book Review. "A frightening, beautiful and intensely exciting novel about America and its past" - Jane Miller, London Review of Books. Winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature."@en
  • "Sethe, an escaped slave who has risked her life in order to wrench herself from a living death; who lost her husband and buried a child; who has borne the unthinkable and not gone mad. Sethe, who now lives on the edge of town with her daughter, her mother-in-law and a mesmerizing apparition who calls herself Beloved."@en
  • "Set in rural Ohio several years after the Civil War, it is the story of Sethe, an escaped slave who has risked her life in order to wrench herself from a living death; who has lost a husband and buried a child; who has bourne the unthinkable and not gone mad. Sethe, who now lives on the edge of town with her daughter, Denver, her mother-in-law, Baby Suggs, and a disturbing, mesmerizing apparition who calls herself Beloved."
  • "Sethe, an escaped slave living in post-Civil War Ohio with her daughter and mother-in-law, is persistently haunted by the ghost of her dead baby girl."
  • "Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe's new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Filled with bitter poetry and suspense as taut as a rope, Beloved is a towering achievement. After the Civil War ends, Sethe longingly recalls the two-year-old daughter whom she killed when threatened with recapture after escaping from slavery 18 years before."
  • "Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe's new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Filled with bitter poetry and suspense as taut as a rope, Beloved is a towering achievement. After the Civil War ends, Sethe longingly recalls the two-year-old daughter whom she killed when threatened with recapture after escaping from slavery 18 years before."@en
  • "Related in kaleidoscopic fashion and set in rural Ohio during the period immediately following the Civil War, this chronicle of slavery and its aftermath traces the life of Sethe, a former slave. Sethe has a secret in her past so horrific that it has alienated the community, driven off her two sons, isolated her surviving daughter, and threatened her new, loving relationship with Paul D., also a former slave. Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction."@en
  • "Set in rural Ohio, several years after the Civil War, it is the story of Sethe, an escaped slave who has lost a husband and buried a child. She now lives on the edge of town with her daughter, her mother-in-law and a disturbing mesmerizing apparition who calls herself Beloved."@en
  • "Tells the story of Sethe, an escaped slave who now lives with her daughter Denver, her mother-in-law, and a disturbing apparition who calls herself Beloved."@en
  • "Related in kaleidoscopic fashion and set in rural Ohio during the period immediately following the Civil War, this chronicle of slavery and its aftermath traces the life of Sethe, a former slave. Sethe has a secret in her past so horrific that it has alienated the community, driven off her two sons, isolated her surviving daughter, and threatened her new, loving relationship with Paul D., also a former slave."@en
  • "Receiving the Melcher Book Award, Toni Morrison talks about her novel, Beloved."@en
  • "Recently named the Best work of American fiction in the last 25 years by the New York times book review. First published in 1987, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Beloved has become a modern classic, read and re-read by people of all ages and races. Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe's new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved."@en
  • "Recently named the Best work of American fiction in the last 25 years by the New York times book review. First published in 1987, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Beloved has become a modern classic, read and re-read by people of all ages and races. Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe's new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved."

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