Why read on Fable?
Publisher Description
From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner, a passionate, profound story of love and obsession that brings us back and forth in time, as a narrative is assembled from the emotions, hopes, fears, and deep realities of Black urban life. With a foreword by the author.
“As rich in themes and poetic images as her Pulitzer Prize–winning Beloved.... Morrison conjures up the hand of slavery on Harlem’s jazz generation. The more you listen, the more you crave to hear.” —Glamour
In the winter of 1926, when everybody everywhere sees nothing but good things ahead, Joe Trace, middle-aged door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products, shoots his teenage lover to death. At the funeral, Joe’s wife, Violet, attacks the girl’s corpse. This novel “transforms a familiar refrain of jilted love into a bold, sustaining time of self-knowledge and discovery. Its rhythms are infectious” (People).
"The author conjures up worlds with complete authority and makes no secret of her angst at the injustices dealt to Black women.” —The New York Times Book Review
“As rich in themes and poetic images as her Pulitzer Prize–winning Beloved.... Morrison conjures up the hand of slavery on Harlem’s jazz generation. The more you listen, the more you crave to hear.” —Glamour
In the winter of 1926, when everybody everywhere sees nothing but good things ahead, Joe Trace, middle-aged door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products, shoots his teenage lover to death. At the funeral, Joe’s wife, Violet, attacks the girl’s corpse. This novel “transforms a familiar refrain of jilted love into a bold, sustaining time of self-knowledge and discovery. Its rhythms are infectious” (People).
"The author conjures up worlds with complete authority and makes no secret of her angst at the injustices dealt to Black women.” —The New York Times Book Review
1088 Reviews
3.5
olivia
Created 2 days agoShare
Report
Caryn Singletary
Created 3 days agoShare
Report
“Toni Morrisons writing is a bit tricky but luckily this isn’t my first rodeo. I enjoyed this a bit more than Beloved. The disjointed timeline and the way the story is revealed in pieces through various perspectives makes it so you’re constantly looking to fill those potholes and she always finds a way to tie up those loose ends. I can appreciate how we get direct perspective from most of the characters even from the “villain” of the story, it allows you to understand how deep trauma goes and how it impacts generations..”DesperatelySeekingShannon
Created 4 days agoShare
Report
“Another Toni Morrison masterpiece. This book, now one of my favorites, plunges into the complexities of human desire against the vibrant, yet shadowed, backdrop of the Harlem Renaissance. The mood is a hauntingly beautiful tragedy, meticulously unraveling the characters' internal conflicts and the devastating consequences of their unmet needs and fractured relationships.”Meghan Smith
Created 5 days agoShare
Report
Anneliz
Created 6 days agoShare
Report
Start a Book Club
Start a public or private book club with this book on the Fable app today!FAQ
Do I have to buy the ebook to participate in a book club?
Why can’t I buy the ebook on the app?
How is Fable’s reader different from Kindle?
Do you sell physical books too?
Are book clubs free to join on Fable?
How do I start a book club with this book on Fable?
Similar Books
Save to a list
0
/30
0
/100
Private List