This literary saga delves into the depths of the human spirit, exploring complex themes of heritage, trauma, and the enduring power of the soul. Through evocative language and raw emotional resonance, the narratives uncover the legacies of the past and their profound impact on the present. The stories offer a powerful exploration of the strength found in relationships, the potency of storytelling, and the persistent search for freedom and redemption.
It is the mid-1800s. At Sweet Home in Kentucky, an era is ending as slavery comes under attack from the abolitionists. For Sethe, Paul D. Halle and the others, the benign imprisonment of Sweet Home is destroyed. By the Nobel Prize-winning author of Song of Solomon and Tar Baby.
Morrison's eagerly awaited new novel, "Jazz," is spellbinding for the haunting passion of its profound love story, and for the bittersweet lyricism and refined sensuality of its powerful and elegant style.
The theme of this novel is the anatomy of an internecine war, cultural, religious and racial. It is waged between a community of nuns and the strays and misfits who arrive at their convent for safe haven, and those who dwell in the surrounding black township in Oklahoma.