A review by megtristao
Recitatif by Toni Morrison

An excellent story. Morrison packs so much into her novels, and it was equally impressive to see how much she addressed in this short story. I will note that I would recommend reading the intro (by Zadie Smith) *after* reading the short story, if you're very spoiler-averse like me. I typically read intros of classics after the books because they give so much away, and reading the intro after this story was like having a mini-book club to review what I had just read. The story is so short, you could even read it again once you've had Smith's great insights.

Thanks to Libro.fm for a free audiobook copy of this book.