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casparb 's review for:
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison
Ok so my internet has been down for past couple days plus broken laptop hence backlog. I’ve been interested in this book for a long while and it didn’t disappoint, though I think Beloved is still The One with TM. 3.5
Twice in this book precise scenarios described by Fanon in BSWM occur (question of suicide and the black male-as-phallus). I’m sure this is quite intentional on Morrison’s part.
It’s a good novel! More complex than Beloved in terms of characters - Pilate is fantastic and fascinating and I want to hear more of her. I suspect that things start to make less sense as it goes on, but I refuse to hold that against it.
My issue is that while SoS is more dramatic and broader in scope than B, I’m not strictly convinced that it’s more effective as an evocation of history. It’s probably unfair of me to compare it to one of the most significant novels of the 20thc but here I am anyway.
Questions - is Toni Morrison a historical novelist? (or) Does she write historical fiction? Is distinguishing the two worthwhile?
Twice in this book precise scenarios described by Fanon in BSWM occur (question of suicide and the black male-as-phallus). I’m sure this is quite intentional on Morrison’s part.
It’s a good novel! More complex than Beloved in terms of characters - Pilate is fantastic and fascinating and I want to hear more of her. I suspect that things start to make less sense as it goes on, but I refuse to hold that against it.
My issue is that while SoS is more dramatic and broader in scope than B, I’m not strictly convinced that it’s more effective as an evocation of history. It’s probably unfair of me to compare it to one of the most significant novels of the 20thc but here I am anyway.
Questions - is Toni Morrison a historical novelist? (or) Does she write historical fiction? Is distinguishing the two worthwhile?