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Tar Baby
by Toni Morrison
TAR BABY by TONI MORRISON
Once again, I am rendered speechless by Morrison’s exquisite abilities.
My experience with this book might have been my favourite of any of the Morrison books I’ve read before (this is my fourth). I felt a whole host of emotions. In the same way that I admire Ann Petry for simply presenting characters and not making them good or bad people, I also admire Morrison. Many of the characters do and say awful things, but they’re also shown in moments of vulnerability that makes it impossible for me to hate them.
This book included Black and white characters from various backgrounds. It was also written in the 80s, so there is a lot of discussion about race. There were whole passages from the point of view of Son that could be written as an essay on critical race theory, and it was in reading those bits that my eyes were glistening.
This writer has so much wisdom and so much talent. I’m so excited that I have more of her work to devour. And, although I’m not a rereader, I can see myself revisiting Morrison’s entire back catalogue more than once in my life, and I’d image I’ll discover something new each time.
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Once again, I am rendered speechless by Morrison’s exquisite abilities.
My experience with this book might have been my favourite of any of the Morrison books I’ve read before (this is my fourth). I felt a whole host of emotions. In the same way that I admire Ann Petry for simply presenting characters and not making them good or bad people, I also admire Morrison. Many of the characters do and say awful things, but they’re also shown in moments of vulnerability that makes it impossible for me to hate them.
This book included Black and white characters from various backgrounds. It was also written in the 80s, so there is a lot of discussion about race. There were whole passages from the point of view of Son that could be written as an essay on critical race theory, and it was in reading those bits that my eyes were glistening.
This writer has so much wisdom and so much talent. I’m so excited that I have more of her work to devour. And, although I’m not a rereader, I can see myself revisiting Morrison’s entire back catalogue more than once in my life, and I’d image I’ll discover something new each time.
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