| The Measure of Our Lives: A Gathering of Wisdom Contributor(s): Morrison, Toni (Author), Smith, Zadie (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0525659293 ISBN-13: 9780525659297 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Literary Collections | American - African American - Literary Collections | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 818.54 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.2" W x 6.6" (0.50 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At once the ideal introduction to Toni Morrison and a lovely and moving keepsake for her devoted readers: a treasury of quotations from her work. With a foreword by Zadie Smith. She was our conscience. Our seer. Our truthteller. --Oprah Winfrey This inspirational book juxtaposes quotations, one to a page, drawn from Toni Morrison's entire body of work, both fiction and nonfiction--from The Bluest Eye to God Help the Child, from Playing in the Dark to The Source of Self-Regard--to tell a story of self-actualization. It aims to evoke the totality of Toni Morrison's literary vision. Its compelling sequence of flashes of revelation--stunning for their linguistic originality, keenness of psychological observation, and philosophical profundity--addresses issues of abiding interest in Morrison's work: the reach of language for the ineffable; transcendence through imagination; the self and its discontents; the vicissitudes of love; the whirligig of memory; the singular power of women; the original American sin of slavery; the bankruptcy of racial oppression; the complex humanity and art of black people. The Measure of Our Lives brims with elegance of style and mind and moral authority. |