The Bluest Eye
by MORRISON, Toni
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- very good
- First
- Condition
- Very Good
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Gloucester City, New Jersey
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About This Item
New York: Pocket Books, 1972. Softcover. Very Good. First paperback edition. 160pp. Pages toned, single modest crease on the spine, a clean, very good or better copy. Nobel Laureate's scarce first novel. Morrison was the first African-American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Synopsis
The Bluest Eye is a 1970 novel by American author Toni Morrison. It is Morrison's first novel, written while Morrison was teaching at Howard University and was raising her two sons on her own. The story is about a year in the life of a young black girl in Lorain, Ohio named Pecola Breedlove. It takes place against the backdrop of America's Midwest as well as in the years following the Great Depression. Brutal in its depictions of racism, incest, and child molestation, The Bluest Eye has remained on the often-challenged and banned books list almost every year since its publication.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 437073
- Title
- The Bluest Eye
- Author
- MORRISON, Toni
- Format/binding
- Softcover
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity available
- 1
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date published
- 1972
- Keywords
- NobelLaureate, African-Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- African-Americana;
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About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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