Pecola vokser op i de raceadskildte amerikanske 1940’ere. Overalt møder hun modstand, foragtes både af sorte og hvide. Men i sine drømme har hun blå, blå øjne, som sin højtelskede lyshårede dukke. Morrisons debutroman fra 1970.
Pecola vokser op i de raceadskildte amerikanske 1940’ere. Overalt møder hun modstand, foragtes både af sorte og hvide. Men i sine drømme har hun blå, blå øjne, som sin højtelskede lyshårede dukke. Morrisons debutroman fra 1970.
INCLUDES A READING GUIDETerrible, unspeakable things happened to Sethe at Sweet Home, the farm where she lived as a slave for so many years until she escaped to Ohio.
Morrison brings her genius to this personal inquiry into the significance of African-Americans in the American literary imagination. Through... Læs mere
What is race and why does it matter? Why does the presence of Others make us so afraid? America’s foremost novelist reflects on themes that preoccupy her work and dominate politics:... Læs mere
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... Læs mere