Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

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Vintage
03 July 1998

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Nobel Prize-winning author of Beloved, Toni Morrison is one of the finest novelists of our times.

'Song of Solomon...profoundly changed my life' Marlon James

Macon 'Milkman' Dead was born shortly after a neighbourhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly.

In 1930s America Macon learns about the tyranny of white society from his friend Guitar, though he is more concerned with escaping the familial tyranny of his own father. So while Guitar joins a terrorist group Macon goes home to the South, lured by tales of buried family treasure. But his odyssey back home and a deadly confrontation with Guitar leads to the discovery of something infinitely more valuable than gold- his past and the origins of his true self. 'The story of Milkman Dead and Guitar had me in thrall' Salman Rushdie, New York Times

BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF BELOVED

Winner of the PEN/Saul Bellow award for achievement in American fiction

By: Toni Morrison
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 312g
ISBN: 9780099768418
ISBN 10: 0099768410
Pages: 338
Publication Date: 03 July 1998
Audience: General/trade , Adult education , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Song of Solomon

'Milkman' - so called because his unhappily married mother's breast feeds him long after he can walk - meets his father's estranged sister, Pilate, a woman born without a navel, and discovers that there is treasure belonging to his family hidden in the Deep South. He sets off to find it, only to discover that the real treasure is the knowledge of who he is. Morrison's vision recovers both a personal and a national heritage. (Kirkus UK)