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The measure of our lives : a gathering of wisdom
Published 2019 by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House, New York
ISBN 9780525659297
Bib Id 2309732
Edition First edition.
Description 129 pages ; 18 cm
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2019-952413
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9780525659297 (hardcover) $18.00
0525659293
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818 Morrison
Title
The measure of our lives : a gathering of wisdom
Edition
First edition.
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2019 by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House, New York :
Description
129 pages ; 18 cm
Note
A version of the foreword first appeared as "Daughters of Toni: A Remembrance" by Zadie Smith in PEN America as part of "Tribute to Toni Morrision (1931-2019)" on August 7, 2019.
Summary
"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 sequence of flashes of revelation--remarkable for their linguistic felicity, 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 humanity and art of black people"--
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