Description
Product ID: | 9780099273936 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | IT |
Title: | Beloved |
Authors: | Author: Toni Morrison |
Page Count: | 352 |
Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The world of Sethe, however, is to turn from one of love to one of violence and death - the death of Sethe's baby daughter Beloved, whose name is the single word on the tombstone, who died at her mother's hands, and who will return to claim retribution. **One of the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World** It is the mid-1800s. At Sweet Home in Kentuckhy, an era is ending as slavery comes under attack from the abolitionists. The worlds of Halle and Paul D. are to be destroyed in a cataclysm of torment and agony. The world of Sethe, however, is to turn from one of love to one of violence and death - the death of Sethe''s baby daughter Beloved, whose name is the single word on the tombstone, who died at her mother''s hands, and who will return to claim retribution. |
Imprint Name: | Vintage |
Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 1999-03-04 |