Paradise (Oprah's Book Club)
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (620 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0452280397 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 318 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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This richness--of language and, ultimately, of human understanding--combats the aura of saintliness that can occasionally mar Morrison's fiction. ("Before those heifers came to town," the men complain, "this was a peaceable kingdom.") One July morning, then, an armed posse sets out from Ruby for a round of ethical cleansing. Yet Paradises are not so easily gained. . It also makes for a spectacular piece of storytelling, in which such biblical concepts as redemption and divine love are no postmodern playthings but matters of life and (in the very first sentence, alas) death. As we soon discover, Ruby is fissured by ancestral feuds and financial squabbles, not to mention the political ferment of the era, which has managed to pierce the town's pious isolation. Oprah Book Club® Selection, January 1998: Toni Morrison's Paradise takes place in the tiny farming community of Ruby, Oklahoma, which its resid
"They shoot the white girl first. But seventeen miles away, another group of exiles has gathered in a promised land of their own. With the others they can take their time." Toni Morrison's first novel since she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature opens with a horrifying scene of mob violence then chronicles its genesis in a small all-black town in rural Oklahoma. Morrison challenges our most fiercely held beliefs as she weaves folklore and history, memory and myth, into an unforgettable meditation on race, religion, gender, and the way a society can turn on itself until it is forced to explode.. And it is upon these women in flight from death and despair that nine male citizens of Ruby will lay their pain, their terror,
"Brilliant, lyrical, fascinating" according to A Customer. I came to Paradise via audio tape and thought it the most convoluted, daunting, and confusing thing I had ever heard. I couldn't tell whether the time of the passages was present, near past, or far past. I couldn't tell who was who, who was related to whom, nor how the characters tied together. But I was reading it for a reading club of which I was a new member so I was determined to understand. And so I listened and listened and understanding came, and then appreciation, and then awe at the astounding power of this story a. A Discussion of Toni Morrison's Paradise MHS78257 A Discussion ofToni Morrison's ParadiseBy Mo SaidiParadise is the story of a mythical town, which is founded and inhabited by freedmen and freedwomen. A narrator with total grasp of the characters' feelings, thoughts, and backgrounds tells the story in the third person voice. In this less than stellar work by Toni Morrison, the author uses mythical and metaphoric language to describe a paradise turned around and torn apart by corruption and war.The novel is set in 1997, but it travels through several eras; first to a period. Not worth the effort Matthew Pinzur I've read most of Toni Morrison's work and anticipated the release of Paradise. I should learn not to set myself up like that. More complex and enigmatic than any of her other novels, Paradise waits far too long before giving the reader enough frame of reference to appreciate what's going on. The characters are interesting, but lack the multi-faceted quality that made books like "Beloved" and "Song of Solomon" so rich. There is merit to this book, I just didn't find that merit to be worth the effort of slogging through the