Toni Morrison is the author of eleven novels, from The Bluest Eye (1970) to God Help the Child (2015). She received the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and in 1993 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She died in 2019.
“Deeply perceptive. . . . Return[s] risk and mischief to the
contemporary American novel.” —John Irving, The New York Times Book
Review
“Toni Morrison has made herself into the D. H. Lawrence of the
black psyche, transforming individuals into forces, idiosyncrasy
into inevitability.” —New York
“Arresting images, fierce intelligence, poetic language . . . One
becomes entranced by Toni Morrison’s story.” —The Washington
Post
“Wrenchingly good. A terrific book.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Hypnotic, stunningly alive.” —The San Diego Union-Tribune
“That rare commodity, a truly public novel. . . . Morrison’s genius
lies in her uncanny ability to immerse you totally in the world she
creates.” —Newsweek
“Powerful. . . . A stunning performance. . . . Morrison is one of
the most exciting living American writers.” —Kansas City Star
“It takes one to the sheer edge of human relationships.” —Vogue
“Wise, beautiful, astonishing, absolutely breathtaking.” —St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
“Reminds us again that Toni Morrison is one of the finest writers
in America today.” —Louisville Courier-Journal
“Tar Baby is stupendous. Morrison is a writer of amazing skill.”
—Roanoke Times & World
“Its scope is grand and the interplay complex. But Morrison has the
control of a skilled choreographer, with a careful eye pinned on
pacing, suspense, grace, and frenzy. . . . She has an awesome lyric
flair.” —The Charlotte Observer
"Deeply perceptive. . . . Return[s] risk and mischief to the
contemporary American novel." -John Irving, The New York Times
Book Review
"Toni Morrison has made herself into the D. H. Lawrence of
the black psyche, transforming individuals into forces,
idiosyncrasy into inevitability." -New York
"Arresting images, fierce intelligence, poetic language .
. . One becomes entranced by Toni Morrison's story." -The
Washington Post
"Wrenchingly good. A terrific book." -The Philadelphia
Inquirer
"Hypnotic, stunningly alive." -The San Diego
Union-Tribune
"That rare commodity, a truly public novel. . . .
Morrison's genius lies in her uncanny ability to immerse you
totally in the world she creates." -Newsweek
"Powerful. . . . A stunning performance. . . . Morrison is
one of the most exciting living American writers." -Kansas City
Star
"It takes one to the sheer edge of human relationships."
-Vogue
"Wise, beautiful, astonishing, absolutely breathtaking."
-St. Louis Globe-Democrat
"Reminds us again that Toni Morrison is one of the finest
writers in America today." -Louisville Courier-Journal
"Tar Baby is stupendous. Morrison is a writer of
amazing skill." -Roanoke Times & World
"Its scope is grand and the interplay complex. But
Morrison has the control of a skilled choreographer, with a careful
eye pinned on pacing, suspense, grace, and frenzy. . . . She has an
awesome lyric flair." -The Charlotte Observer
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