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Beloved

By: Toni Morrison
Narrated by: Toni Morrison
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A spellbinding novel that transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. With a new afterword by the author.

This "brutally powerful, mesmerizing story” (People) is an unflinchingly look into the abyss of slavery, from the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner.

Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. Sethe has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe’s new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved.

“A masterwork.... Wonderful.... I can’t imagine American literature without it.”—John Leonard, Los Angeles Times

©1987 Toni Morrison (P)1998 Random House, Inc. African American Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Pulitzer Prize Haunted Inspiring Heartfelt Scary Emotionally Gripping
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“A masterwork. . . . Wonderful. . . . I can’t imagine American literature without it.”—John Leonard, Los Angeles Times

“A triumph.”—Margaret Atwood, The New York Times Book Review

“Toni Morrison’s finest work. . . . [It] sets her apart [and] displays her prodigious talent.”—Chicago Sun-Times

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It's sad to read the philistine criticisms in the reviews of Morrison's reading voice. Toni Morrison's voice is literally the perfect one for this extraordinary novel. Not just because she is the author, but because her poignant, world-weary expressiveness is the exact voice needed for this story. She avoids all histrionics and absurd vocal tricks, simply telling the story she was born to tell with a profound clarity and simplicity. All other readers sound inadequate after her.

Perfect voice for a great novel

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This was difficult for me to follow as Ms. Morrison’s voice was monotone. I feel that I missed the storyline with Beloved’s presence. I did have great appreciation for how slavery impacted the mindset of the black community. The difficulty assimilating into a free society and the fact that they were still prisoners in their community and their own mind. It really was thought provoking.

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I'm sure the book is outstanding but the writer has a monotone voice that's almost seductive in tone. Her voice, in itself, is beautiful but I couldn't make it past the first few chapters. It's too difficult and distracting to listen to and I had to back up several times to understand who was speaking or what was happening.

Needs a professional narrator

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Fascinating, painful and filled with the most dangerous thing of all, LOVE. The meaning of family and ties to what can become family examined carefully, brutally and tenderly.

The most moving and evocative book about enslavement written.

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The book explains the movie a lot more in depth. It was amazing and I love Toni Morrison’s voice may she Rest In Peace happy she blessed up with her work

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