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Sula

By: Toni Morrison
Narrated by: Toni Morrison
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From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner: Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. This brilliantly imagined novel brings us the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of Medallion, Ohio.

Nel and Sula's devotion is fierce enough to withstand bullies and the burden of a dreadful secret. It endures even after Nel has grown up to be a pillar of the black community and Sula has become a pariah. But their friendship ends in an unforgivable betrayal—or does it end? Terrifying, comic, ribald and tragic, Sula is a work that overflows with life.

©1973 Toni Morrison (P)2002 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc. African American Classics Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction

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Critic reviews

“Extravagantly beautiful. . . . Enormously, achingly alive. . . . A howl of love and rage, playful and funny as well as hard and bitter.” —The New York Times

“Exemplary. . . . The essential mysteries of death and sex, friendship and poverty are expressed with rare economy.” —Newsweek

“In characters like Sula, Toni Morrison’s originality and power emerge.” —The Nation
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It was great to rediscover this book I read over 30 years ago. Morrison’s ability to write about violent and devastating events that creep up on you so surprisingly never fails to amaze me. Can’t wait to listen to some more. Some odd edits where she repeats a few lines twice need editing
out in the recording but absolutely wonderful to hear her read it what a brilliant woman

Extraordinary writing

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Haunting story, beautifully written and I loved how she read this! Can't wait to pick up another Morrison.

Extraordinary

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Fascinating and full of the oddest and loneliest characters - they remind me of people I've met. Toni Morrison has captured the turbulence and absurdities of people's lives, their joy, love and playfulness, as well as their hidden depths and the darker facets of their souls. This book is not easy reading/ listening, but it makes you sit up and take note. The book has a lonesome feel, but also a warmth.

Lonesome

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Beautiful & poignant , absolutely wonderful to listen to . Both blunt & majestical in the use of language & the narration .

Stunning

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I loved Toni’s soft and gentle reading of this beautiful poetic novel. So deep, profound, splendid text, it was like savoring an exotic and fine desert for me. It easily not so much the plot, as the impredictibility, the depth, the feelings of the characters and the tenderness of the language that mesmerized me.

Poetic, elegant and raw

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