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The bluest eye : a novel / Toni Morrison ; [with a foreword by the author].
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Morrison Bluest
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Fiction.
- African Americans.
- Girls--Fiction.
- Girls.
- Ohio--Fiction.
- Ohio.
- African American girls--Race identity--Fiction.
- African American girls.
- Racism--Fiction.
- Racism.
- Child abuse--Fiction.
- Child abuse.
- Colorism--Fiction.
- Colorism.
- Coming of age--Fiction.
- Black or African American.
- Child Abuse.
- african american.
- Medical Subjects:
- Black or African American.
- Child Abuse.
- Racism.
- Genre:
- Bildungsromans.
- Bildungsromans
- Fiction
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 205 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Vintage International edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Vintage International, Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2007]
- Summary:
- Pecola Breedlove, a young eleven-year-old black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in. Yet as her dreams grow more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. A powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity.--From publisher's description.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc., in 1970"--Title page verso
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Green fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780307278449
- 0307278441
- 9781442081796
- 1442081791
- OCLC:
- 123955951
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