The Bluest Eye
Edition: 1st Vintage International ed. (17)
Publisher: Vintage International
Published: 2007-05
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780307278449
Copyright date: 2007
Description: Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in.Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. A powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity, Toni Morrison's virtuosic first novel asks powerful questions about race, class, and gender with the subtlety and grace that have always characterized her writing.
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