NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A New York Times Notable Book - This fiery and provocative novel from the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner weaves a tale about the way the sufferings of childhood can shape, and misshape, the life of the adult. "Powerful.... A tale that is as forceful as it is affecting, as fierce as it is resonant." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesAt the center: a young woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue-black skin is only one element of her beauty, her boldness and confidence, her success in life, but which caused her light-skinned mother to deny her even the simplest forms of love. There is Booker, the man Bride loves, and loses to anger. Rain, the mysterious white child with whom she crosses paths. And finally, Bride's mother herself, Sweetness, who takes a lifetime to come to understand that "what you do to children matters. And they might never forget."
Sobre o autor(a)
Morrison, Toni
Toni Morrison nasceu em 1931, em Ohio, nos Estados Unidos. Formada em letras pela Howard University, estreou como romancista em 1970, com O olho mais azul. Em 1975, foi indicada para o National Book Award com Sula (1973), e dois anos depois venceu o National Book Critics Circle com Song of Solomon (1975). Amada lhe valeu o prêmio Pulitzer. Foi a primeira escritora negra a receber o prêmio Nobel de literatura, em 1993. Aposentou-se em 2006 como professora de humanidades na Universidade de Princeton. Faleceu em 2019. |