Paradise

by Morrison, Toni
ISBN: 9780679433743
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"They shoot the white girl first. With the rest they can take their time." So begins Toni Morrison's Paradise, which opens with a horrifying scene of mass violence and chronicles its genesis in an all-black small town in rural Oklahoma. Founded by the descendants of freed slaves and survivors in exodus from a hostile world, the patriarchal community of Ruby is built on righteousness, rigidly enforced moral law, and fear. But seventeen miles away, another group of exiles has gathered in a promised land of their own. And it is upon these women in flight from death and despair that nine male citizens of Ruby will lay their pain, their terror, and their murderous rage.
In prose that soars with the rhythms, grandeur, and tragic arc of an epic poem, Toni Morrison challenges our most fiercely held beliefs as she weaves folklore and history, memory and myth into an unforgettable meditation on race, religion, gender, and a far-off past that is ever present.

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Morrison, Toni
  • ISBN: 9780679433743
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.64 x 1.59
  • Number Of Pages: 318
  • Publication Year: 1997

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  • Powerful statement about race and sex, more relevant now than ever.

    athena g. - 5 years 10 months ago

    A powerful book, so completely socially relevant now on the treatment of both race and sex in the US. It begins with the provocative statement about the men shooting the white girl first. In a group of four women who escape their abusive homes, 3 are black and 1 is white, but the author never tells you which is the white one which makes it so much more powerful. These 4 women are able to come together, form their own family, create their own paradise, but society just won't let that happen. I love the messages about strength from sisterhood.