{"product_id":"song-of-solomon","title":"Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - An official Oprah Winfrey's \"The Books That Help Me Through\" selection - The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner transfigures the coming-of-age story w\u003cb\u003eith this brilliantly imagined novel\u003c\/b\u003e. Includes a foreword by the author and a new introduction by Tayari Jones.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A rhapsodic work. . . . Intricate and inventive.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMilkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. As Morrison follows Milkman from his rustbelt city to the place of his family's origins, she introduces an entire cast of strivers and seeresses, liars and assassins, the inhabitants of a fully realized Black world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A rich, full novel. . . . It lifts us up [and] impresses itself upon us like a love affair.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A rhapsodic work. . . . Intricate and inventive.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Stunningly beautiful. . . . Full of magnificent people. . . . They are still haunting my house. I suspect they will be with me forever.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Anne Tyler,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"If Ralph Ellison's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eInvisible Man\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e went underground, Toni Morrison's Milkman flies.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--John Leonard,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"It places Toni Morrison in the front rank of contemporary American writers. She has written a novel that will endure.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Lovely. . . . A delight, full of lyrical variety and allusiveness. . . . [An] exceptionally diverse novel.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Morrison is a terrific storyteller. . . . Her writing evokes the joyful richness of life.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNewsday\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eToni Morrison \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of eleven novels, from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1970) to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGod Help the Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2015). She received the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and in 1993 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She died in 2019.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45958154059962,"sku":"9781400033423","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_7cb77d88-b9d3-49b3-aac1-69baf3e0a85e.jpg?v=1780788047","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/song-of-solomon","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}