num_pages: 202
description: Love is the story of Bill Cosey, a charismatic but dead hotel owner. Or rather, it is about the people around him, all affected by his life — even long after his death. The main characters are Christine, his granddaughter and Heed, his widow. The two are the same age and used to be friends but some forty years after Cosey's death they are sworn enemies, and yet share his mansion. Again Morrison used split narrative and jumps back and forth throughout the story, not fully unfolding until the very end. The characters in the novel all have some relation to the infamous Bill Cosey.
language: English
title: Love
titlecomplete: Love
genres: Literature, American, Classics, Literary Fiction, African American, Novels, Fiction, African American Literature, Adult Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 11754
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Ohioana Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Random House Large Print