| Song of Solomon Contributor(s): Morrison, Toni (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 140003342X ISBN-13: 9781400033423 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: 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. With this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison transfigures the coming-of-age story as audaciously as Saul Bellow or Gabriel Garcia Marquez. As she follows Milkman from his rustbelt city to the place of his family's origins, Morrison introduces an entire cast of strivers and seeresses, liars and assassins, the inhabitants of a fully realized black world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | African American - General - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004555325 |
| Lexile Measure: 870 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.65 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 18432 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An official Oprah Winfrey's "The Books That Help Me Through" selection With this brilliantly imagined New York Times bestselling novel, Toni Morrison transfigures the coming-of-age story as audaciously as Saul Bellow or Gabriel Garc a M rquez. 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. |