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Sula.
by MORRISON, Toni
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1974. First edition, first printing. Sula is Morrison's second published novel. "Part of the extraordinary power of "Sula" is that it's a world where men are not the focus. It's the sound of women's voices that takes precedence, makes the story" (Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 8 August 2019). The novel received widespread acclaim with The New York Times describing it as "vital and rich" with "extravagantly beautiful, doomed characters... this book about them - and about how their beauty is drained back and frozen - is a howl of love and rage, playful and funny as well as hard and bitter" (Sara Blackburn, The New York Times, 30 December 1973). Octavo. Original orange cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, publisher's device blind stamped to rear cover, top edge yellow, others untrimmed. With dust jacket. Spine ends very slightly bumped, a touch of rubbing to lower corners, contents clean. A near-fine copy in very good jacket, occasional light rubbing at edges, couple of short tears, faint peripheral marks and small price sticker to rear panel, a bright example.
Synopsis
Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. In this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison tells the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of Medallion, Ohio. Their devotion is fierce enough to withstand bullies and the burden of a dreadful secret. It endures even after Nel has grown up to be a pillar of the black community and Sula has become a pariah. But their friendship ends in an unforgivable betrayal--or does it end? Terrifying, comic, ribald and tragic, Sula is a work that overflows with life.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 160241
- Title
- Sula.
- Author
- MORRISON, Toni
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: Alfred A. Knopf,
- Date Published
- 1974
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Device
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
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