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Song of Solomon
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Toni Morrison
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
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Publisher's Summary
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An official Oprah Winfrey’s “The Books That Help Me Through” selection • The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner transfigures the coming-of-age story with this brilliantly imagined novel. Includes a new foreword by the author.
Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. As Morrison follows Milkman from his rustbelt city to the place of his family’s origins, she introduces an entire cast of strivers and seeresses, liars and assassins, the inhabitants of a fully realized Black world.
“Morrison moves easily in and out of the lives and thoughts of her characters, luxuriating in the diversity of circumstances and personality, and revelling in the sound of their voices and of her own, which echoes and elaborates theirs.” —The New Yorker
What the critics say
“A rich, full novel. . . . It lifts us up [and] impresses itself upon us like a love affair.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A rhapsodic work. . . . Intricate and inventive.” —The New Yorker
“Stunningly beautiful. . . . Full of magnificent people. . . . They are still haunting my house. I suspect they will be with me forever.” —Anne Tyler, The Washington Post
Featured Article: Toni Morrison Quotes on Life, Love, Freedom, and Oppression
Few creators have had the depth of knowledge, raw emotion, and resonating passion as the legendary late Toni Morrison. Not only was she the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, but she wrote and inspired countless readers and listeners over her extensive careers.
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- Jeanette M.
- 2020-12-27
what just happened?
me at the beginning: this is weird
me getting sucked in: just one more chapter
me at the end: I have no idea what to do with all of these feelings and ideas that now live in my head. *wanders aimlessly through the house*
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- Sandi
- 2021-04-11
Loved the narration
I loved listening to Ms Morrison read this book, it certainly brought the book to life for me. Took a while to get into the story but still a great listen
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- Amazon Customer
- 2022-10-21
A good slow tale. Beautifully narrated
Me. Morrison’s voice is perfect for this narration. It’s a slow tale that takes its time unwinding, but in the end it’s worth it. You don’t realize you’re ready a mystery until you’re nearing the end. For me, it couldn’t be a binge listen. I needed to take my time with it. And I will probably be sitting with it for a good while to come.
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- Aleasha Forbes
- 2018-08-21
Didn't draw me in
I think this is a book I will have to physically read, rather than listen to. The narrator's voice was a droning hum, which never prompted me to start listening again. So all of the sudden, I would have missed something, but didn't care enough to relisten to it.
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