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Song Of Solomon

Song Of Solomon

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Song Of Solomon

by Toni Morrison

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  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Book in good condition, tight no soilig,text clear and neat. DJ not so great/Fair +
ISBN 10
0394497848
ISBN 13
9780394497846
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Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon, a novel of large beauty and power, creates a magical world out of four generations of black life in America, a world we enter on the day of the birth of Macon Dead, Jr. (known as Milkman), son of the richest black family in a mid-western town; the day on which the lonely insurance man, Robert Smith, poised in blue silk wings, attempts to fly from a steeple of the hospital, a black Icarus looking homeward...We see Milkman growing up in his father's money-haunted, death-haunted house with his silent sisters and strangely passive mother, beginning to move outward--through...

Knopf,Stated First Edition , First Printing, 08/12/1977. Book in good condition, tight no soilig,text clear and neat. DJ not so great, some tears, and shelfwear. Unclipped dj $8.95, colors are bright no fading. Have not attempted repairs..


Synopsis

Song of Solomon is Nobel-prize winner Toni Morrison's third novel, published in 1977 by Alfred A. Knopf . It tells the story of Macon "Milkman" Dead III, a young African-American living in an unnamed mid-western city in the mid-nineteenth century as he seeks to discover his own identity and relationship to the world he lives in and uncovers his family's history. Winner of the National Book Critics Award , it has faced numerous school bans and challenges since publication. Former U.S. President Barack Obama reportedly listed it as his favorite book.

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Bookseller
YJS BOXES OF BOOKS US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
biblio 726
Title
Song Of Solomon
Author
Toni Morrison
Book Condition
Used - Book in good condition, tight no soilig,text clear and neat. DJ not so great
Jacket Condition
Fair +
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Knopf,Stated First Edition , First Printing, 08/12/1977.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0394497848
ISBN 13
9780394497846
Publisher
Knopf
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
(1977)
Bookseller catalogs
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Marriage; FICTION / General;

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