Mark E. wrote: > I do have to admit that I have read one Toni > Morrison novel and of > course it's 'Beloved'. But I do think it's an > amazing book.
_Beloved_ is among my two or three favorite novels ever, right up there with _Crime and Punishment_ and _Tale of Two Cities_. I find Morrison's prose almost aromatic it's so evocative. Even her most heartwrenching stories have this inveigling blend of the otherworldly and the everyday. The metaphors in her earlier work were a bit heavy-handed (e.g. _The Bluest Eye_), but her later work, esp. _Beloved_ is to my mind sophisticated, magical, and deeply moving. And in no way do I find her as self-consciously postmodern as any of the other authors discussed in that article. Not that there's anything wrong with that. :-) --Michael NP: Nina Simone, _High Priestess of Soul_ ===== ____________________________________________________________ "Greetings cards routinely tell us everybody deserves love. No. Everybody deserves clean water. Not everybody deserves love all the time." --Zadie Smith, _White Teeth_ Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com
