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Book Review of Beloved

Beloved
Beloved
Author: Toni Morrison
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Winner of the Nobel Prize in literature.
Sethe. Proud and beautiful, she escaped from slavery but is haunted bby its heritage. She must deal with this haunted life on every level, from the fires of the flesh to the heartbreaking challenges to the spirit. Set in rural ohio several years after the civil war, this profoundly affecting chronicle of slavery and its aftermath is Toni Morrison's greatest novel, a dazzling acheivement, and the most spellbinding reading experience of the decade.