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The Bluest Eye
by
Toni Morrison
Announced
on April 27, 2000
About the Book
The
Bluest Eye is Toni Morrison's first novel, a book
heralded for its richness of language and boldness
of vision. Set in the author's girlhood hometown
of Lorain Ohio, it tells the story of black, eleven-year-old
Pecola Breedlove. Pecola prays for her eyes to
turn blue so that she will be as beautiful as
beloved as all the blond, blue-eyed children in
America. In the autumn of 1941, the year the marigold
in the Breedloves' garden do not bloom. Pecola's
life does change -- in painful, devastating ways.
With its vivid evocation of the feat and loneliness
at the heart of a child's yearning, and the tragedy
of it's fulfillment, The Bluest Eye remains on
of Toni Morrison's most powerful, unforgettable
novels - and a significant work of American fiction.
Learn more about The Bluest Eye
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