The Bluest Eye
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (691 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0739343734 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 376 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning and the tragedy of its fulfillment.From the Hardcover edition.. The Bluest Eye, published in 1970, is the first novel written by Toni Morrison, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature.It is the story of eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove--a black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others--who prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will b
It also shows the young author drawing a bead on the subjects that would dominate much of her career: racial hatred, historical memory, and the dazzling or degrading power of language itself. Then you realized that it came from conviction, their conviction. The point of view is passed like a baton from one character to the next, with Morrison's own voice functioning as a kind of gold standard throughout. No wonder she yearns to be the very opposite of what she is--yearns, in other words, to be a white child, possessed of the blondest hair and the bluest eye. She's spat upon, ridiculed, and ultimately raped and impregn
Toni Morrison's First Novel - Really Touching - Excellent FCD117 This is an extremely well written first novel by Toni Morrison. It is a narrative about the life of a young African American girl. It involves the feelings that one develops about feeling like a second class citizen from one's earliest awareness. It seems to me like a fairly sophisticated and nuanced work for a first novel. I think I should add I also purchased the audiobook which was narrated by the author. The audiobook also includes an author's note at the end, explaining some of the work. I read the work and list. "The Bluest Eye 2nd Time Around" according to StylishCurvyGirl. After rereading this book for the second time, it's amazing to me how relevant this work still is. Pecola Breedlove, One of two children born to Cholly and Pauline Breedlove, lives a very depressing life. Her Father is alcoholic who is incapable of showing anything but hatred towards women, and her Mother Paulinewith so many dreams deferred, only finds solace when she is at work as a housekeeper. There she can pretend that the beautiful home and everything in it, including the white child of her dreams is hers. Pecol. and great grand mother I first read this book at a much younger age, but now I am re- reading it as a mother , grand mother , and great grand mother. Toni Morrison has the ability as a writer to delve into the hearts and minds of her characters. We first meet them as they are and then we come to understand why they are who they are. As an African American woman, growing up at about the same time as the individuals in her book did, I was compelled to look at some of the ideas and standards that originally shaped my thinking. I recommend the