Toni Morrison, 'Beloved' author and Nobel Laureate, dies at 88
August 5th 2019
Toni Morrison, at age 33, was jobless, divorced, with one child and one on the way when she returned to her parent’s home in Ohio.
Today she is one of the most respected American writers and an editor, teacher, and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. She is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She is known for her plays "Desdemona" and "Dreaming Emmett" and her movies, "A Moment in Time,” "Conversations with Legendary Women,” and "African American Women of Achievement.”
Her writing style is intended not to tell people about African-American problems and issues but to show them. She does this without losing the traditional language.
She has written many books, but three stood out for me. "Beloved,” "The Bluest Eye,” and "Song of Solomon.” Beloved was a book that showed us how black Americans repressed and denied the experience of slavery. It was inspired by a true story and is considered her most challenging book and one that some critics said they felt they experienced slavery.
She said in her book:
"In hindsight, I think what is important about it is the process by which we construct and deconstruct reality to be able to function in it.”
This viewpoint of Morrison, intended for the book Beloved, applies to my views. I have felt that we need to write our life stories and that by doing so, we re-invent ourselves. Just telling your life story will cause you to connect events and suggest that one influenced another outcome. That is the reality changing, and it will change who you think you are
See These Reviews
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Sula, by Toni Morrison
Tar Baby, by Toni Morrison
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination, by Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison Explained, by Ron Davids
Tar Baby, Song of Solomon, and Beloved have not been reviewed yet.
