The Bluest Eye
by Toni Morrison
ISBN: 0452282195
Price: 12.95

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Publisher/ Date: Penguin USA / 04-2000
Format: Paperback

Synopsis: The Bluest Eye is Toni Morrison's first novel, a book heralded for its richness of language and boldness of vision. Set in the author's girlhood hometown of Lorain, Ohio, it tells the story of black, eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove. Pecola prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be as beautiful and beloved as all the blonde, blue-eyed children in America. In the autumn of 1941, the year the marigolds in the Breedloves' garden did not bloom, Pecola's life does change - in painful, devastating ways. With its vivid evocation of fear and loneliness at the heart of a child's yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillments, The Bluest Eye remains one of Toni Morrison's most powerful, unforgettable novels - and a significant work of American fiction.

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