| Jazz Contributor(s): Morrison, Toni (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400076218 ISBN-13: 9781400076215 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: In the winter of 1926, when everybody everywhere sees nothing but good things ahead, Joe Trace, middle-aged door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products, shoots his teenage lover to death. At the funeral, Joe's wife, Violet, attacks the girl's corpse. This passionate, profound story of love and obsession brings us back and forth in time, as a narrative is assembled from the emotions, hopes, fears, and deep realities of black urban life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | African American - General - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004555326 |
| Lexile Measure: 980 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.16" W x 8.08" (0.59 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 68894 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Transforms a familiar refrain of jilted love into a bold, sustaining time of self-knowledge and discovery. Its rhythms are infectious." --People In the winter of 1926, when everybody everywhere sees nothing but good things ahead, Joe Trace, middle-aged door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products, shoots his teenage lover to death. At the funeral, Joe's wife, Violet, attacks the girl's corpse. This passionate, profound story of love and obsession brings us back and forth in time, as a narrative is assembled from the emotions, hopes, fears, and deep realities of black urban life. The author conjures up worlds with complete authority and makes no secret of her angst at the injustices dealt to black women." --The New York Times Book Review |