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Jazz by Toni Morrison
In the winter of 1926, when everybody everywhere sees nothing but good things ahead, Joe Trace, middle-aged door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products, shoots his teenage lover to death. At the funeral, Joe's wife, Violet, attacks the girl's corpse. This passionate, profound story of love and obsession brings us back and forth in time, as a narrative is assembled from the emotions, hopes, fears, and deep realities of black urban life. The author conjures up worlds with complete authority and makes no secret of her angst at the injustices dealt to black women. --The New York Times Book Review Transforms a familiar refrain of jilted love into a bold, sustaining time of self-knowledge and discovery. Its rhythms are infectious. --People
Toni Morrison was born in Lorain, Ohio. She now divides her time between Rockland County, New York, and Princeton, New Jersey. She is Robert F. Goheen Professor, Council of the Humanities, Princeton University. She is the author of five other novels: The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, which won the 1978 National Book Critics Award for fiction, Tar Baby and Beloved, which won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780679411673 |
| ISBN 10 | 0679411674 |
| Title | Jazz |
| Author | Toni Morrison |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Year published | 1992-04-07 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Prizes | Winner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults., Winner of New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age., Winner of Nobel Prize 1993 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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