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L'esperat retorn als orígens de Toni Morrison, una figura capdal de la nostra època.Una història de dones i una exploració de l'esclavisme al segle XVII, quan aquest només acabava de néixer i el sòl fèrtil nord-americà començava a fer germinar l'odi racial.Aguda, poètica i profundament commovedora."Una novel·la tan encisadora que voldràs llegir-la i tornar-la a llegir." The Times"Juntament amb 'Beloved', una de les obres més inoblidables de To...

In this charmingly subversive reinterpretation of a classic tale, the Morrisons and Pascal Lemaitre take a hilarious look at bullying.The cocky lion, the self-proclaimed "baddest in the land, " believes himself invincible until he gets a thorn stuck in his paw. Only a weak little mouse can help him, but then the lion must indulge the mouse's ridiculous pride and appetite for power. Generation after generation, classic fables, folklore, and myt...

A hip, sly, exuberant retelling of Aesop's Man and the Serpent fable, for children of all ages—written by Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison and her son Slade Morrison, and ingeniously illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre.In this clever riff on Aesop, Poppy feels guilty when he accidentally drives over Snake, and he decides to risk being bitten in order to free the sassy reptile. But snake wants more. This is a sly tale about who gets the last...

A hip, sly, exuberant retelling of Aesop's fable, for children of all ages—written by Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison and her son Slade Morrison, and ingeniously illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre."How can you say I never worked a day? ART is WORK. It just looks like play, " so says Foxy G to his buddy Kid A, in Toni and Slade Morrison's sassy, sly tale of friendship, betrayal, and survival—or not. Generation after generation, classic fab...

A Nobel Prize-winning author teams with her son for this lively ode to a day spent with Nana. Includes Toni Morrison's family fudge recipe. Full color.

Toni Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. She was the author of many novels, including The Bluest Eye, Sula, Beloved, Paradise and Love. She received the National Book Critics Circle Award and a Pulitzer Prize for her fiction and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America¿s highest civilian honour, in 2012 by Barack Obama. Toni Morrison died on 5 August 2019 at the age of eighty-eight.

Toni Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. She was the author of many novels, including The Bluest Eye, Sula, Beloved, Paradise and Love. She received the National Book Critics Circle Award and a Pulitzer Prize for her fiction and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America¿s highest civilian honour, in 2012 by Barack Obama. Toni Morrison died on 5 August 2019 at the age of eighty-eight.

A powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Beloved and, almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier.In the 1680s the slave trade was still in its infancy. In the Americas, virulent religious and class divisions, prejudice and oppression were rife, providing the fertile soil in which slavery and race hatred were planted and took root.Jacob is an Anglo-Dutch trader and adven...

New edition of this Toni Morrison title, published to coincide the release of the major film version of "Beloved".

Backlist reissue, new to the Vintage imprint.

Ein berührender Roman über die Freundschaft zweier Frauen. Die fügsame Nel und die Rebellin Sula sind sich seit der Kindheit nahe. Beide leben in ärmlichen Verhältnissen in einer Kleinstadt in Ohio, die ausgerechnet «Bottom» heißt. Sie teilen all ihre Sehnsüchte, Gefühle und Geheimnisse miteinander. Ihre Freundschaft scheint unerschütterbar zu sein, bis Sula eines Tages «Bottom» verlässt und erst nach zehn Jahren wieder zurückkehrt.

As Americans we often take our freedom of speech for granted. When we talk about censorship we talk about China. But the recent presidential election has shined a spotlight on profound acts of censorship in our own backyard. This book discusses the role of the writer as observer, and as someone who sees what is really taking place.

First published in 1992, this novel, which follows the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Beloved", is set in 1920s Harlem. The storylines focus on the ancestral history of a man and woman, and on the devastating consequences of the man's affair with a younger woman.

A novel set in a small town in Ohio, focusing on two girls, Nell and Sula, both black, both poor, who share their dreams until Sula escapes to live a vagrant city life for ten years. When she returns, the bond of their friendship is broken.

Es scheint, als läge ein Fluch über dem Städtchen Ruby, Oklahoma. Dessen Bewohner, Nachkommen ehemaliger Sklaven, bilden eine verschworene Gemeinschaft. Siebzehn Meilen weiter, in einem verlassenen Kloster, wohnt die Sünde in Gestalt von fünf Frauen. Ein großes Epos über eine von Rassismus, Bigotterie und Intoleranz bedrohte Gruppe schwarzer und weißer Frauen. Paradies ist ein Höhepunkt in Toni Morrisons grandiosem Zyklus über die Geschichte...

New York Times Bestseller 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 w...

A library card unlocks a new life for a young girl in this picture book about the power of imagination, from Nobel Prize winning author Toni Morrison.

Ich zerstörte weiße Babypuppen." Die Reaktion eines kleinen Mädchens, das nicht versteht, warum es nicht so blaue Augen hat wie die Puppen (die es nicht besitzt) oder wie die Kinder in der Schulfibel. Und warum haben alle, die das kleine Mädchen kennt, braune Augen und braune Haut - Mutter, Vater und Schwester, angesehene Gemeindemitglieder und Prostituierte? Nobelpreisträgerin Toni Morrison hat in ihrem Romandebüt mit eindringlicher Schlicht...

Eine Party in einem Mietshaus in der Lenox Avenue, Harlem, 1926: Die schwarzen Bewohner lassen sich mitreißen vom Hoffnungsrhythmus der Zeit, des "Jazz Age". Plötzlich ein Schuß - die sahnefarbene achtzehnjährige Schönheit Dorcas liegt tot in ihrem Blut. Der Mörder: Joe Spur, fünfzig, ihr Geliebter. Kein Wort davon zur Polizei - mehr als den Tod fürchtet man das "weiße" Gesetz. Vielmehr entsteht eine sonderbare Freundschaft zwischen Joes Frau ...

Ein großes Epos über die Sklaverei - der bekannteste Roman der Nobelpreisträgerin1885, zwanzig Jahre nach dem amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg: Sethe hat den Tod ihrer kleinen Tochter nie überwunden. Deren Geist treibt nun, achtzehn Jahre später, in ihrem Haus sein Unwesen. Als Paul D, ein alter Leidensgenosse von der "Sweet Home"-Plantage, Sethe besucht, ruft er dunkle Erinnerungen wach - aber er weckt auch Hoffnung auf einen Neuanfang ..."Menschen...