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賱賷賰賳 丕賱乇亘 賮賷 毓賵賳 丕賱胤賮賱丞
廿賳賴 賱賷爻 禺胤卅賷貙 賱匕丕 賱丕 賷賲賰賳賰 賱賵賲賷. 賱賲 兀賮毓賱賴丕 賵賱丕 兀毓乇賮 賰賷賮 丨丿孬 匕賱賰. 賱賲 賷爻鬲睾乇賯 丕賱兀賲乇 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 爻丕毓丞 亘毓丿 兀賳 爻丨亘賵丕 丕賱胤賮賱丞 賲賳 亘賷賳 乇噩賱賷賾 賱兀毓乇賮 兀賳 賴賳丕賰 禺胤兀 賲丕貙 禺胤 噩丿丕. 賰丕賳鬲 爻賵丿丕亍 噩丿丕 賱丿乇噩丞 兀乇毓亘鬲賳賷貙 爻賵丿丕亍 賲孬賱 賲賳鬲氐賮 丕賱賱賷賱貙 爻賵丿丕亍 賲孬賱 爻賵丿丕賳賷丞. 賱賷 亘卮乇丞 賮丕鬲丨丞 賵卮毓乇 賳丕毓賲 賰賳鬲 賲賳 丕賱賳賵毓 丕賱匕賷 賳爻賲賷賴 禺賱丕爻賷丞貙 賵賰匕賱賰 賰丕賳 賵丕賱丿 賱賵賱丕 丌賳. 賱賷爻 賴賳丕賰 兀丨丿 賮賷 毓丕卅賱鬲賷 賱賴 亘卮乇丞 亘賴匕丕 丕賱賱賵賳. 兀馗賳 兀賳 賱賵賳 丕賱賯胤乇丕賳 賴賵 丕賱兀賯乇亘貙 賵賲毓 匕賱賰 賱賲 賷賰賳 卮毓乇賴丕 賷鬲賲丕卮賶 賲毓 丕賱亘卮乇丞貙 賱賯丿 賰丕賳 賲禺鬲賱賮丕貙 賳丕毓賲丕 賱賰賳賴 賲鬲賲賵噩 賲孬賱 鬲賱賰 丕賱賯亘丕卅賱 丕賱毓丕乇賷丞 賮賷 兀爻鬲乇丕賱賷丕. 賯丿 鬲馗賳 兀賳賴丕 賵乇丕孬丞 乇丕噩毓丞貙 賱賰賳 賱賲賳責
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First published April 21, 2015
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Toni Morrison
237听books22.1k听followersChloe Anthony Wofford Morrison, known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist and editor. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon (1977) brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 1988, Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved (1987); she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
Born and raised in Lorain, Ohio, Morrison graduated from Howard University in 1953 with a B.A. in English. Morrison earned a master's degree in American Literature from Cornell University in 1955. In 1957 she returned to Howard University, was married, and had two children before divorcing in 1964. Morrison became the first black female editor for fiction at Random House in New York City in the late 1960s. She developed her own reputation as an author in the 1970s and '80s. Her novel Beloved was made into a film in 1998. Morrison's works are praised for addressing the harsh consequences of racism in the United States and the Black American experience.
The National Endowment for the Humanities selected Morrison for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S. federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities, in 1996. She was honored with the National Book Foundation's Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters the same year. President Barack Obama presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on May 29, 2012. She received the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction in 2016. Morrison was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2020.
Born and raised in Lorain, Ohio, Morrison graduated from Howard University in 1953 with a B.A. in English. Morrison earned a master's degree in American Literature from Cornell University in 1955. In 1957 she returned to Howard University, was married, and had two children before divorcing in 1964. Morrison became the first black female editor for fiction at Random House in New York City in the late 1960s. She developed her own reputation as an author in the 1970s and '80s. Her novel Beloved was made into a film in 1998. Morrison's works are praised for addressing the harsh consequences of racism in the United States and the Black American experience.
The National Endowment for the Humanities selected Morrison for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S. federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities, in 1996. She was honored with the National Book Foundation's Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters the same year. President Barack Obama presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on May 29, 2012. She received the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction in 2016. Morrison was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2020.
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February 24, 2015
Read this in one breath. Really lovely novel about how a young woman made a desperate choice to be loved by her mother, how that choice would shape her life, and how she was able to overcome a mistake to become her own woman. I am especially marveling at the novel's structure and how it all comes together at the end. I was both surprised and satisfied by the ending. This is just an excellent novel.
April 20, 2015
When I took a grad school class on Toni Morrison, I started a (pretentious, I know) tradition of 9-word reviews of her work. Look, I was young and she had written 9 books at the time.
Anyway, I'll do the same here:
Everybody is fucked up. There's usually a good reason.
Then I'll cheat and add that Toni Morrison is a national treasure and I'm so thankful to have her books in my life.
Anyway, I'll do the same here:
Everybody is fucked up. There's usually a good reason.
Then I'll cheat and add that Toni Morrison is a national treasure and I'm so thankful to have her books in my life.
February 27, 2025
No lonesome wandering child with a fishing pole passed by and glanced at the adults in the dusty gray car. But if one had, he or she might have noticed the pronounced smiles of the couple, how dreamy their eyes were, but would not care a bit what caused that shine of happiness.The children in this novel can use all the help they can get, whether from God or some other source. Lula Ann Bridewell was not what her high-yellow parents had expected:
A child. New life. Immune to evil or illness, protected from kidnap, beatings, rape, racism, insult, hurt, self-loathing, abandonment. Error-free. All goodness. Minus wrath.
So they believe.
She was so black she scared me. Midnight black, Sudanese black鈥in鈥檛 nobody in my family anywhere near that color鈥 hate to say it, but from the very beginning in the maternity ward, Lula Ann embarrassed me.Toni Morrison said in an interview, 鈥淔or me, the tar baby came to mean the black woman who can hold things together.鈥� In this instance it is about a very black woman who cannot.
While she may be a successful cosmetics pro, beautiful, successful, rising in the world, we meet the adult Lula Ann, who has erased the rest of her name and now calls herself by the mononym 鈥淏ride,鈥� as she is unceremoniously dumped by her boyfriend, The One, Booker Starbern, who announces, 鈥淵ou鈥檙e not the woman I want,鈥� before exiting to the percussive accompaniment of a slammed door. How this came to be, and Bride鈥檚 quest to figure out why it did, provide the foundation to which the rest of the narrative elements are added.
Bride has a bit of a tough go, as her appreciation for people and relationships is only skin deep. She tells of her Diet Coke-like sex life, 鈥渄eceptively sweet minus nutrition.鈥� She tries to blow off her dumping,
Well, anyway it was nothing like those double-page spreads in fashion magazines, you know, couples standing half-naked in surf, looking so fierce and downright mean, their sexuality like lightning and the sky going dark to show off the shine of their skin. I love those ads. But our affair didn鈥檛 even measure up to any old R-&-B song-some tune with a beat to generate fever.but fails at that. In fact the departure of Booker sparks a physical demise for Bride, well, a magical-realist retreat that no one else seems to see, as she progressively devolves back to a child, losing her ear-piercings, pubic hair, weight, sense of taste, menstrual cycle and breasts.
Toni Morrison - from The Guardian
Bride鈥檚 erstwhile, and very secretive bf, Booker, has issues of his own. (He especially liked her lack of interest in his personal life.) Where Bride is totally focused on the surface of things, Booker, who plays jazz, hides behind his intellect, applying himself to the study of the root of all evil, but never really freeing himself to become an entire person. He carries a burden of rage from his childhood that keeps him from being his own person. Only if Bride and Booker can build themselves up to actual three dimensional people, by looking beyond their own skins to consider the feelings of others, can they have any hope of anything more from life than ephemeral pleasures. Only then can they truly connect.
Much of God Help the Child focuses on children, how they are treated, the long-term impact of that treatment, on themselves and on others. Childhood here is a particularly fraught state. Lula Ann (Bride) is almost shunned by her own mother, who won鈥檛 even allow her to call her 鈥淢ama,鈥� insisting that she call her 鈥淪weetness鈥� instead, lest people on the street know for sure that someone that dark came from someone that light. As a child she witnesses an act of child abuse. Another character loses a relation to a child abuser, and encounters a school-yard flasher as an adult. Bride had falsely testified against an allegedly abusive teacher, done to gain at least some acceptance from her mother, so children are capable of inflicting harm as well as receiving it. Another child was prostituted by her mother, and a serial abuser, 鈥渢he nicest man in the world,鈥� is reported to have preyed on many. One might be inclined to wonder a bit at the -like concentration of awfulness on display here, even if much of it is by reference.
Thematically, there is a lot in here about erasure, not only Bride鈥檚 fairy tale reduction, some of it involving what appears to be a magic razor, Sweetness erasing Lula Ann as much as possible, Sofia, the convicted molester, doing her best to erase Bride from her life, as Bride had attempted to erase her guilt for what she had done, and it can be no accident that Bride is the designer of cosmetics, and even thinks about people in terms of how the right makeup can erase their flaws.
The pages are damp with mentions of precipitation. It rains on Bride the day after Booker leaves. Booker is rained on when he leaves a family gathering in a huff. A child of a prostitute is found while on the street in the rain, and rain moistens one of the most beautiful passages in the book, as Booker celebrates seeing his Galatea for the first time:
The sun still blazed so the raindrops falling from the baby-blue sky were like crystal breaking into specks of light on the pavement. He decided to play his trumpet alone in the rain anyway, knowing that no pedestrians would stop to listen; rather they closed umbrellas as they rushed down the stairs to the trains. Still in thrall to the sheer beauty of the girl he had seen, he put the trumpet to his lips. What emerged was music he had never played before. Low, muted tones held long, too long as the strains floated through drops of rain.There are plenty more passages that ripple with poetic feeling. And there are some subsidiary characters who brighten up the scene. A fifty-something hippie couple seemed like magical forest dwellers, an epitome of innocence and goodness, with maybe a touch of and even . Booker鈥檚 aunt, Queen, is a delight, vivacious, colorful, and very interesting, worthy of an entire book on her alone. The rescued daughter of a prostitute is fascinating as well.
God Help the Child is a rarity, in that it is a Toni Morrison novel set in the present. Her eleventh novel is a spare one, at 177 pages, similar in girth to 惭辞谤谤颈蝉辞苍鈥檚 previous novels, , which weighed in a very novella-like 147 pages and A Mercy, another slim volume, at 167 pages. Not that Morrison is given to producing tomes, but her books these days seem on the thin side. A larger frame might have allowed her a bit more space in which to give us a bit more. I am reminded, though, of Lincoln鈥檚 response when asked about the proper length of a man鈥檚 legs, he said 鈥渢hey ought to be long enough to reach from his body to the ground.鈥� I expect that the proper size of a Toni Morrison story is the number of pages she needs to say what she has to say. She has said she is, 鈥渨riting less in order to say more.鈥� A little Toni Morrison goes a long way.
Morrison was working on a novel when she died in 2019 at 88, which makes God Help the Child the last complete novel she published. While God may have been asleep as the wheel when most of the children in this tale suffered what they suffered, maybe God helped the author, at something she was most definitely inclined to do, keep writing until her last breath.
You will need no assistance enjoying God Help the Child. While I would not rank it with her recognized classics, like Sula and , even a lesser Toni Morrison book is better than most of what is out there.
Review first posted 鈥� August 7, 2015
Publication date 鈥� April 21, 2015
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惭辞谤谤颈蝉辞苍鈥檚 page - Morrison passed in 2019. The page is maintained by Knopf.
Interviews
-----欧宝娱乐 - Interview with Toni Morrison by Catherine Elsworth
-----92nd Street Y -
-----狈笔搁鈥檚 , with Terry Gross
-----The Paris Review - 鈥� with Elissa Schappel
-----The New Yorker - 鈥� by Hilton All
Reviews of other Morrison work
-----2011 - Home
-----2008 - A Mercy
-----1987 -
Read but not reviewed
-----1977 - Song of Solomon
-----1973 - Sula
April 18, 2020
"兀賳丕 禺丕卅賮丞貙 賴賳丕賰 兀賲乇 爻卅 賷丨丿孬 賱賷貙 兀卮毓乇 賰賲丕 賱賵 兀賳賳賷 兀匕賵亘貙 賱丕 賷賲賰賳賳賷 兀賳 兀賮爻乇 匕賱賰 賱賰賳賷 兀毓乇賮 賲鬲賷 亘丿兀. 亘丿兀 亘毓丿賲丕 賯丕賱 賱賷:
"賱爻鬲賽 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱鬲賷 兀乇賷丿"
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"賵 賱丕 兀賳丕" ..
賵 賲丕 夭賱鬲 賱丕 兀毓乇賮 賱賲賻 賯賱鬲 匕賱賰. "
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賰賱賲丞貙 賮賯胤 賰賱賲丞
賰賱賲丞 賯賷賱鬲 兀賵 賱賲 鬲賯丕賱
賰賱賲丞 賯賷賱鬲 賵 賱賲 鬲氐丿賯 毓賱賷賴丕 賳馗乇丞 毓賷賳賰
賰賱賲丞 賵毓丿鬲 亘賷賴丕 匕丕鬲 賱丨馗丞 賵 賱賲 鬲賮賽
賰賱賲丞 鬲賮賯丿 賮乇丿丕 匕丕鬲賴 賵 鬲爻賯胤賴 賮賷 丿賵丕卅乇 爻乇賲丿賷丞 賲賳 丕賱丕睾鬲乇丕亘 毓賳 匕丕鬲賴
賰賱賲丞貙 賮賯胤 賰賱賲丞
賰丕賳 賴賳丕賰 胤賮賱丞 丕爻賲賴丕 賱賵賱丕 丌賳貙 賵 賰丕賳鬲 亘卮乇鬲賴丕 賲孬賱 丕賱毓丕噩 丕賱兀爻賵丿 賵 卮毓乇賴丕 賲孬賱 賲賱賷賵賳 賮乇丕卮丞 爻賵丿丕亍 鬲睾賮賵 毓賱賷 乇兀爻賴丕
賰丕賳鬲 胤賮賱丞 賲賱賵賳丞 賱兀亘賵賷賳 兀亘賷囟賷賳貙 胤賮賱丞 鬲禺賱賷 賵丕賱丿賴丕 毓賳 兀賲賴丕 賮賵乇 乇丐賷鬲賴 賱賴丕貙 賵 兀賲 賰丕賳鬲 鬲賰乇賴賴丕 賰丕賱賲賵鬲貙 鬲丨乇賲 毓賱賷賴丕 賲賳丕丿丕鬲賴丕 廿賱丕 亘 "爻賵賷鬲賳爻" 賱丕 兀賲賷貙 賵 賱丕 賷賲賳毓賴丕 毓賳 賯鬲賱賴丕 爻賵賷 禺賵賮 毓賱賷 賲馗賴乇賴丕 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷 賵 賰乇丕賴賷丞 賱賱爻噩賳貙 胤賮賱丞 賰丕賳鬲 鬲鬲賲賳賷 兀賳 鬲氐賮毓賴丕 兀賲賴丕 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲禺胤卅 賮賯胤 賱鬲卮毓乇 亘賲賱賲爻 賷丿賴丕 毓賱賷 噩賱丿賴丕 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳鬲 鬲鬲丨丕卮賷 賱賲爻賴 賰賲丕 丕賱兀賮丕毓賷
胤賮賱丞 丕賳鬲馗乇鬲 賱丨馗丞 賲賱丕卅賲丞 丨鬲賷 鬲鬲乇賰 丕賱賲賳夭賱 賵 賱丕 鬲毓賵丿 兀亘丿賸丕貙 丨氐賱鬲 毓賱賷 毓賲賱 乇丕卅毓 賵 兀爻賲鬲 賳賮爻賴丕 "毓賽夭丞" "Pride"
賱鬲乇賷 毓亘乇 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 賯氐丞 毓賳 賳丿亘丕鬲 丕賱胤賮賵賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲馗賱 鬲賳夭 賯賷丨丕 賵氐丿賷丿丕 賵 兀亘丿丕 賱丕 鬲賱鬲卅賲 賲賴賲丕 鬲賯丿賲 亘氐丕丨亘賴丕 丕賱毓賲乇
賷賯賵賱 兀氐賱丕賳:
" "賱丕 卮卅 丕爻賵兀 賲賳 丕賱丕毓鬲賷丕丿 毓賱賷 丕賱賯爻賵丞.
賮賷 賲卮賴丿 賷丿賲賷 丕賱賯賱亘 鬲毓鬲乇賮 "亘乇丕賷丿" 賱丨亘賷亘賴丕 兀賳 爻亘亘 賲丕 兀賵賯毓鬲 賳賮爻賴丕 賮賷賴 賲賳 賳賵丕夭賱 賵 賰賵丕乇孬 賰丕丿鬲 兀賳 鬲賵丿賷 亘丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賰丕賳 鬲賰賮賷乇丕 毓賳 匕賳亘 賯丕賲鬲 亘賴 賵 賴賷 胤賮賱丞 賵 鬲爻亘亘 賮賷 鬲丿賲賷乇 卮禺氐 丌禺乇 賵 賳亘匕賴 賱賱兀亘丿 貙 賱賲丕匕丕 賮毓賱鬲賷 匕賱賰 責責
"賰賷 鬲賲爻賰 兀賲賷 賷丿賷
賰賷 鬲賳馗乇 賱賷 亘賮禺乇 賵 賱賵 賱賲乇丞 賵丕丨丿丞"
丕賱卮禺氐 丕賱賲毓鬲丕丿 毓賱賷 丕賱賯爻賵丞 丿丕卅賲 丕賱卮毓賵乇 亘毓丿賲 丕賱丕爻鬲丨賯丕賯 賱兀賷 卮卅貙 賷賲鬲賳 賱噩賱丕丿賷賴 賵 賷賵噩丿 賱賴賲 丕賱兀毓匕丕乇 賱丕賷匕丕卅賴 賱兀賳賴 賱賲 賷賰賳 噩賷丿丕 亘賲丕 賷賰賮賷 兀賵 丕爻鬲丨賯 賲丕 賮毓賱賵賴 亘賴貙 丕賱賲毓鬲丕丿 毓賱賷 丕賱賯爻賵丞 賷卮毓乇 亘兀賳 賮賷 丕賱兀賲乇 禺丿锟斤拷丞 廿賳 兀禺亘乇賴 兀丨丿賴賲 賰賲 賷乇丕賴 噩賲賷賱賸丕貙 賯丿 賷丿賮毓賴 丕賱禺賵賮 賱賱賴乇亘 賲賳 卮禺氐 賴賰匕丕 廿賱賷 賲丕 丌匕賷 乇賵丨賴 賮賷 丕賱賲賯丕賲 丕賱兀賵賱
鬲乇賷 賴賳丕 丨丿賷孬丕 毓賳 丕賱賲丕賱貙 賵 賰賷賮 兀賳賴 兀氐賱 賰賱 丕賱卮乇賵乇
毓賳 丕賱毓賳氐乇賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲噩賱賷 賲毓丕賳丕丞 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 氐锟斤拷丨亘丞 丕賱亘卮乇丞 丕賱爻賲乇丕亍 賮賷 賰賱 丨乇賮 賮賷賴丕 賵 賰兀賳賴丕 賵囟毓鬲 賯胤毓丞 賲賳 賱丨賲賴丕 賮賷 丕賱賲丨亘乇丞
毓賳 丕賱丿賷賳 賵 賲賲孬賱賷賴 丕賱賳丕胤賯賷賳 亘賰賱賲丞 丕賱乇亘 賮賷 丕賱兀乇囟
毓賳 丕賱乇噩丕賱 賵 賰賷賮 兀賳賴賲 賱丕 賷卮鬲乇賰賵賳 賮賷 卮卅 賵丕丨丿 賮賷 噩賲賷毓 亘賯丕毓 丕賱兀乇囟 爻賵賷 丕賱鬲賲賾賱購賰
毓賳 丕賱鬲丨乇卮 亘丕賱兀胤賮丕賱
毓賳 噩乇賵丨 賱賳 鬲賱鬲卅賲
毓賳 丕賱賯爻賵丞貙 賴匕賴 乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 丕賱賯爻賵丞.
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賷丕 乇亘..
廿匕丕 鬲毓賷賳 賱賷 賮賷 賷賵賲 賲賳 丕賱兀賷丕賲 兀賳 兀乇夭賯 亘胤賮賱
賱丕 兀乇賷丿賴 兀賳 賷賯囟賷 孬丕賳賷丞 賲賳 賵賯鬲賴 賷氐賱丨 賲丕 兀賮爻丿鬲賴 賮賷 賳賮爻賴 亘丿毓賵賷 丕賱丨亘 賵 兀賳丕 兀丨爻亘 兀賳賷 兀丨爻賳 氐賳毓丕
賱賱鬲丨賲賷賱:
鬲爻鬲丨賯 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞
鬲賲賾鬲
17-12-2016
"賱爻鬲賽 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱鬲賷 兀乇賷丿"
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"賵 賱丕 兀賳丕" ..
賵 賲丕 夭賱鬲 賱丕 兀毓乇賮 賱賲賻 賯賱鬲 匕賱賰. "
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賰賱賲丞貙 賮賯胤 賰賱賲丞
賰賱賲丞 賯賷賱鬲 兀賵 賱賲 鬲賯丕賱
賰賱賲丞 賯賷賱鬲 賵 賱賲 鬲氐丿賯 毓賱賷賴丕 賳馗乇丞 毓賷賳賰
賰賱賲丞 賵毓丿鬲 亘賷賴丕 匕丕鬲 賱丨馗丞 賵 賱賲 鬲賮賽
賰賱賲丞 鬲賮賯丿 賮乇丿丕 匕丕鬲賴 賵 鬲爻賯胤賴 賮賷 丿賵丕卅乇 爻乇賲丿賷丞 賲賳 丕賱丕睾鬲乇丕亘 毓賳 匕丕鬲賴
賰賱賲丞貙 賮賯胤 賰賱賲丞
賰丕賳 賴賳丕賰 胤賮賱丞 丕爻賲賴丕 賱賵賱丕 丌賳貙 賵 賰丕賳鬲 亘卮乇鬲賴丕 賲孬賱 丕賱毓丕噩 丕賱兀爻賵丿 賵 卮毓乇賴丕 賲孬賱 賲賱賷賵賳 賮乇丕卮丞 爻賵丿丕亍 鬲睾賮賵 毓賱賷 乇兀爻賴丕
賰丕賳鬲 胤賮賱丞 賲賱賵賳丞 賱兀亘賵賷賳 兀亘賷囟賷賳貙 胤賮賱丞 鬲禺賱賷 賵丕賱丿賴丕 毓賳 兀賲賴丕 賮賵乇 乇丐賷鬲賴 賱賴丕貙 賵 兀賲 賰丕賳鬲 鬲賰乇賴賴丕 賰丕賱賲賵鬲貙 鬲丨乇賲 毓賱賷賴丕 賲賳丕丿丕鬲賴丕 廿賱丕 亘 "爻賵賷鬲賳爻" 賱丕 兀賲賷貙 賵 賱丕 賷賲賳毓賴丕 毓賳 賯鬲賱賴丕 爻賵賷 禺賵賮 毓賱賷 賲馗賴乇賴丕 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷 賵 賰乇丕賴賷丞 賱賱爻噩賳貙 胤賮賱丞 賰丕賳鬲 鬲鬲賲賳賷 兀賳 鬲氐賮毓賴丕 兀賲賴丕 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲禺胤卅 賮賯胤 賱鬲卮毓乇 亘賲賱賲爻 賷丿賴丕 毓賱賷 噩賱丿賴丕 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳鬲 鬲鬲丨丕卮賷 賱賲爻賴 賰賲丕 丕賱兀賮丕毓賷
胤賮賱丞 丕賳鬲馗乇鬲 賱丨馗丞 賲賱丕卅賲丞 丨鬲賷 鬲鬲乇賰 丕賱賲賳夭賱 賵 賱丕 鬲毓賵丿 兀亘丿賸丕貙 丨氐賱鬲 毓賱賷 毓賲賱 乇丕卅毓 賵 兀爻賲鬲 賳賮爻賴丕 "毓賽夭丞" "Pride"
賱鬲乇賷 毓亘乇 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 賯氐丞 毓賳 賳丿亘丕鬲 丕賱胤賮賵賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲馗賱 鬲賳夭 賯賷丨丕 賵氐丿賷丿丕 賵 兀亘丿丕 賱丕 鬲賱鬲卅賲 賲賴賲丕 鬲賯丿賲 亘氐丕丨亘賴丕 丕賱毓賲乇
賷賯賵賱 兀氐賱丕賳:
" "賱丕 卮卅 丕爻賵兀 賲賳 丕賱丕毓鬲賷丕丿 毓賱賷 丕賱賯爻賵丞.
賮賷 賲卮賴丿 賷丿賲賷 丕賱賯賱亘 鬲毓鬲乇賮 "亘乇丕賷丿" 賱丨亘賷亘賴丕 兀賳 爻亘亘 賲丕 兀賵賯毓鬲 賳賮爻賴丕 賮賷賴 賲賳 賳賵丕夭賱 賵 賰賵丕乇孬 賰丕丿鬲 兀賳 鬲賵丿賷 亘丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賰丕賳 鬲賰賮賷乇丕 毓賳 匕賳亘 賯丕賲鬲 亘賴 賵 賴賷 胤賮賱丞 賵 鬲爻亘亘 賮賷 鬲丿賲賷乇 卮禺氐 丌禺乇 賵 賳亘匕賴 賱賱兀亘丿 貙 賱賲丕匕丕 賮毓賱鬲賷 匕賱賰 責責
"賰賷 鬲賲爻賰 兀賲賷 賷丿賷
賰賷 鬲賳馗乇 賱賷 亘賮禺乇 賵 賱賵 賱賲乇丞 賵丕丨丿丞"
丕賱卮禺氐 丕賱賲毓鬲丕丿 毓賱賷 丕賱賯爻賵丞 丿丕卅賲 丕賱卮毓賵乇 亘毓丿賲 丕賱丕爻鬲丨賯丕賯 賱兀賷 卮卅貙 賷賲鬲賳 賱噩賱丕丿賷賴 賵 賷賵噩丿 賱賴賲 丕賱兀毓匕丕乇 賱丕賷匕丕卅賴 賱兀賳賴 賱賲 賷賰賳 噩賷丿丕 亘賲丕 賷賰賮賷 兀賵 丕爻鬲丨賯 賲丕 賮毓賱賵賴 亘賴貙 丕賱賲毓鬲丕丿 毓賱賷 丕賱賯爻賵丞 賷卮毓乇 亘兀賳 賮賷 丕賱兀賲乇 禺丿锟斤拷丞 廿賳 兀禺亘乇賴 兀丨丿賴賲 賰賲 賷乇丕賴 噩賲賷賱賸丕貙 賯丿 賷丿賮毓賴 丕賱禺賵賮 賱賱賴乇亘 賲賳 卮禺氐 賴賰匕丕 廿賱賷 賲丕 丌匕賷 乇賵丨賴 賮賷 丕賱賲賯丕賲 丕賱兀賵賱
鬲乇賷 賴賳丕 丨丿賷孬丕 毓賳 丕賱賲丕賱貙 賵 賰賷賮 兀賳賴 兀氐賱 賰賱 丕賱卮乇賵乇
毓賳 丕賱毓賳氐乇賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲噩賱賷 賲毓丕賳丕丞 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 氐锟斤拷丨亘丞 丕賱亘卮乇丞 丕賱爻賲乇丕亍 賮賷 賰賱 丨乇賮 賮賷賴丕 賵 賰兀賳賴丕 賵囟毓鬲 賯胤毓丞 賲賳 賱丨賲賴丕 賮賷 丕賱賲丨亘乇丞
毓賳 丕賱丿賷賳 賵 賲賲孬賱賷賴 丕賱賳丕胤賯賷賳 亘賰賱賲丞 丕賱乇亘 賮賷 丕賱兀乇囟
毓賳 丕賱乇噩丕賱 賵 賰賷賮 兀賳賴賲 賱丕 賷卮鬲乇賰賵賳 賮賷 卮卅 賵丕丨丿 賮賷 噩賲賷毓 亘賯丕毓 丕賱兀乇囟 爻賵賷 丕賱鬲賲賾賱購賰
毓賳 丕賱鬲丨乇卮 亘丕賱兀胤賮丕賱
毓賳 噩乇賵丨 賱賳 鬲賱鬲卅賲
毓賳 丕賱賯爻賵丞貙 賴匕賴 乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 丕賱賯爻賵丞.
**
賷丕 乇亘..
廿匕丕 鬲毓賷賳 賱賷 賮賷 賷賵賲 賲賳 丕賱兀賷丕賲 兀賳 兀乇夭賯 亘胤賮賱
賱丕 兀乇賷丿賴 兀賳 賷賯囟賷 孬丕賳賷丞 賲賳 賵賯鬲賴 賷氐賱丨 賲丕 兀賮爻丿鬲賴 賮賷 賳賮爻賴 亘丿毓賵賷 丕賱丨亘 賵 兀賳丕 兀丨爻亘 兀賳賷 兀丨爻賳 氐賳毓丕
賱賱鬲丨賲賷賱:
鬲爻鬲丨賯 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞
鬲賲賾鬲
17-12-2016
April 24, 2015
Everybody bow down, Toni Morrison still reigns. In this short novel, we meet Bride. A young woman who, as a child, testified in a court case which led to the imprisonment of an alleged child abuser. Twenty years later, Bride tries to make peace with the woman whom she sent to prison. I'll stop there and allow you to read the rest of the novel.
Morrison imbues this novel with her renowned mastery of prose which allows the reader to sweep through this novel in only a sitting or two. This novel is a well-wound timepiece with every cog (characters, narrative, emotion) working off each other in perfect harmony and synchronisation, in the end altogether forming a beautiful work.
This book is a true brilliant work of structure and form. Split into many different vignettes, some in first-person and some in third-person, the narrative jumps back and forward in both time and location. However, each piece is a patch on a cloak and by the end of the novel we are left with a sprawling blanket.
God Help the Child is, thus far, my favourite new release of 2015. Short, succinct, savage. It shows that, even since The Bluest Eye was written 45 years ago, Morrison has never lost a single gram of genius, intellect or bite.
Morrison imbues this novel with her renowned mastery of prose which allows the reader to sweep through this novel in only a sitting or two. This novel is a well-wound timepiece with every cog (characters, narrative, emotion) working off each other in perfect harmony and synchronisation, in the end altogether forming a beautiful work.
This book is a true brilliant work of structure and form. Split into many different vignettes, some in first-person and some in third-person, the narrative jumps back and forward in both time and location. However, each piece is a patch on a cloak and by the end of the novel we are left with a sprawling blanket.
God Help the Child is, thus far, my favourite new release of 2015. Short, succinct, savage. It shows that, even since The Bluest Eye was written 45 years ago, Morrison has never lost a single gram of genius, intellect or bite.
April 29, 2015
This novel is really not good...The reviews have been studiously polite but have been gesturing to the deficits in the book, which are considerable. I say this not to discredit Toni Morrison because I love her work. But the elements of this novel are explored with so much more nuance and terrible beauty elsewhere in her oeuvre: cruelty, sexual abuse, color consciousness, and the terrible vulnerability of children () and the inhuman force of fire, the irresistible allure of a strong sexual connection, and the betrayal of female friendship (). In an odd way, this felt like a sketch for a novel rather than an actual novel, and while it focuses on the female body as a symbol of psychic pain or community renewal (), complicating and ironizing the common representations of pregnancy as the site of restoration, drawing attention to the fact that a birth is not a happy ending but a cyclical beginning, the characterization of this central character, Bride, felt very flat to me, and the texture of the novel was not improved by turning to a different narrative center, her lover Booker. I was so hopeful about this book because I loved the excerpts I read from Morrison's , but it strikes me from reading this that no one is stopping Nobel laureate Toni Morrison from publishing anything, even if it's half-baked or, in this case, merely proofing.
July 7, 2015
3.5 stars
鈥淣o matter how hard we try to ignore it, the mind always knows truth and wants clarity.鈥�鈥� Toni Morrison, God Help The Child
It took me a while to write this review, mainly because I was trying to find the right words. I鈥檝e read most of 惭辞谤谤颈蝉辞苍鈥檚 books There was something about it that did not feel very much like her other books. That鈥檚 not to say an author has to stick to one writing style but there were some parts of the book that caught me off-guard. Structurally this felt quite different from her other books, with more fast-paced sections, and a couple of loose ends, though it wasn鈥檛 that evident at first.
The novella focuses on Bride, a woman with blue black skin. Ignored and neglected by her mother, and not shown any love because of her black skin, she was accepted as a successful adult in the beauty industry:
鈥淚 sold my elegant blackness to all those childhood ghosts and now they pay me for it. I have to say, forcing those tormentors鈥攖he real ones and others like them鈥� to drool with envy when they see me is more than payback. It鈥檚 glory.鈥�
At first I thought this book was going along the lines of 鈥淭he Bluest Eye鈥漣n that it discusses colourism.Regardless of how often I read about colourism, it always surprises me how prevalent it can be, and how it can, in this case, stop a light-skinned black woman from showing any love to her dark-skinned daughter. I came across this painting the other day, A Reden莽茫o de Cam, by Modesto Brocos, which summarizes how worrying colourism is: ()
Yet, colourism wasn鈥檛 a theme that was as developed as I expected it would be. Perhaps it鈥檚 because the book was a pretty fast-paced book.
Despite this book not being as strong as 惭辞谤谤颈蝉辞苍鈥檚 others, I still quite liked it. I especially liked the conversation about how our childhood can haunt us and can often play a huge role in our adult life:
鈥淓ach will cling to a sad little story of hurt and sorrow鈥� some long-ago trouble and pain life dumped on their pure and innocent selves. And each one will rewrite that story forever, knowing the plot, guessing the theme, inventing its meaning and dismissing its origin. What a waste.鈥�
The main characters both carry burdens from their childhood, burdens they haven鈥檛 properly acknowledged. For example, Booker, Bride鈥檚 boyfriend, looks to his intelligence as a way of not confronting his childhood trauma. Yet it causes problems:
鈥淚 risk nothing. I sit on a throne and identify signs of imperfections in others. I鈥檝e been charmed by my own intelligence and the moral positions I鈥檝e taken, along with the insolence that accompanies them. But where is the brilliant research, the enlightening books, the masterpieces I used to dream of producing? Nowhere. Instead I write notes about the shortcomings of others. Easy. So easy.鈥�
I wish this had been longer, or at least that some of the loose ends had been completed. I still had many questions!
鈥淣o matter how hard we try to ignore it, the mind always knows truth and wants clarity.鈥�鈥� Toni Morrison, God Help The Child
It took me a while to write this review, mainly because I was trying to find the right words. I鈥檝e read most of 惭辞谤谤颈蝉辞苍鈥檚 books There was something about it that did not feel very much like her other books. That鈥檚 not to say an author has to stick to one writing style but there were some parts of the book that caught me off-guard. Structurally this felt quite different from her other books, with more fast-paced sections, and a couple of loose ends, though it wasn鈥檛 that evident at first.
The novella focuses on Bride, a woman with blue black skin. Ignored and neglected by her mother, and not shown any love because of her black skin, she was accepted as a successful adult in the beauty industry:
鈥淚 sold my elegant blackness to all those childhood ghosts and now they pay me for it. I have to say, forcing those tormentors鈥攖he real ones and others like them鈥� to drool with envy when they see me is more than payback. It鈥檚 glory.鈥�
At first I thought this book was going along the lines of 鈥淭he Bluest Eye鈥漣n that it discusses colourism.Regardless of how often I read about colourism, it always surprises me how prevalent it can be, and how it can, in this case, stop a light-skinned black woman from showing any love to her dark-skinned daughter. I came across this painting the other day, A Reden莽茫o de Cam, by Modesto Brocos, which summarizes how worrying colourism is: ()
Yet, colourism wasn鈥檛 a theme that was as developed as I expected it would be. Perhaps it鈥檚 because the book was a pretty fast-paced book.
Despite this book not being as strong as 惭辞谤谤颈蝉辞苍鈥檚 others, I still quite liked it. I especially liked the conversation about how our childhood can haunt us and can often play a huge role in our adult life:
鈥淓ach will cling to a sad little story of hurt and sorrow鈥� some long-ago trouble and pain life dumped on their pure and innocent selves. And each one will rewrite that story forever, knowing the plot, guessing the theme, inventing its meaning and dismissing its origin. What a waste.鈥�
The main characters both carry burdens from their childhood, burdens they haven鈥檛 properly acknowledged. For example, Booker, Bride鈥檚 boyfriend, looks to his intelligence as a way of not confronting his childhood trauma. Yet it causes problems:
鈥淚 risk nothing. I sit on a throne and identify signs of imperfections in others. I鈥檝e been charmed by my own intelligence and the moral positions I鈥檝e taken, along with the insolence that accompanies them. But where is the brilliant research, the enlightening books, the masterpieces I used to dream of producing? Nowhere. Instead I write notes about the shortcomings of others. Easy. So easy.鈥�
I wish this had been longer, or at least that some of the loose ends had been completed. I still had many questions!
July 4, 2015
Just. What?
Why did we need to shift into Brooklyn's and the falsely accused woman's perspectives? Their sections were impossibly short and didn't do anything to drive the narrative or develop any characters. Why did Queen become such an integral part of the story so late in the game? Why do Sweetness chapters bookend this story when she has very little to do or contribute to the storytelling anywhere else? Why so much molestation? There are at least five separate cases referenced; I was expecting them to connect somehow or to inform one another (and aside from two of them being an impetus for a break-up, they didn't). Did Bride ever go back to Sylvia, Inc.? Are we supposed to believe this Booker dude was the impetus for her loss and regaining or breasts and ear-piercings? Oh, and that "I miss my black lady" chapter that casually mentions Bride taking a bullet for Raisin? Like, WHAT IS THIS BOOK?!
God help the child, indeed. And by "child," I mean "me." And by "help," I mean "help me make sense of what I just read."
Why did we need to shift into Brooklyn's and the falsely accused woman's perspectives? Their sections were impossibly short and didn't do anything to drive the narrative or develop any characters. Why did Queen become such an integral part of the story so late in the game? Why do Sweetness chapters bookend this story when she has very little to do or contribute to the storytelling anywhere else? Why so much molestation? There are at least five separate cases referenced; I was expecting them to connect somehow or to inform one another (and aside from two of them being an impetus for a break-up, they didn't). Did Bride ever go back to Sylvia, Inc.? Are we supposed to believe this Booker dude was the impetus for her loss and regaining or breasts and ear-piercings? Oh, and that "I miss my black lady" chapter that casually mentions Bride taking a bullet for Raisin? Like, WHAT IS THIS BOOK?!
God help the child, indeed. And by "child," I mean "me." And by "help," I mean "help me make sense of what I just read."
June 24, 2016
賷毓丿 丕賱賮賷賱爻賵賮 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷 爻丕乇鬲乇 兀卮賴乇 賲賳 乇賮囟 噩丕卅夭丞 賳賵亘賱貙 賵亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 兀賳賴 鬲丨賮馗 毓賱賶 兀爻亘丕亘 乇賮囟賴貙 廿賱丕 兀賳 亘毓囟 丕賱賳賯丕丿 賷毓鬲賯丿賵賳 亘兀賳賴 賰丕賳 賷禺卮賶 兀賱丕 賷毓賵丿 賯丕丿乇賸丕 毓賱賶 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 亘丨乇賷丞 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賶.
賱丕 兀毓乇賮 廿賳 賰丕賳 匕賱賰 氐丨賷丨賸丕 兀賲 賱丕貙 賵賲丕 廿匕丕 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱噩賵丕卅夭 賲賯亘乇丞 賱賱廿亘丿丕毓 賮毓賱丕賸貙 賵賱賰賳 賴賳丕賱賰 賮毓賱丕賸 兀賲孬賱丞 毓賱賶 兀丿亘丕亍 賮丕夭賵丕 亘噩丕卅夭丞 賳賵亘賱 賵賱賲 賷毓丿 亘賲賯丿賵乇賴賲 鬲賯丿賷賲 卮賷亍 噩丿賷丿/噩賷丿 亘毓丿賴丕貙 賮兀賵乇賴丕賳 亘丕賲賵賰 亘毓丿 丨氐賵賱賴 毓賱賶 賳賵亘賱 賷亘丿賵 兀賳賴 賱賲 賷毓丿 賷賲賱賰 噩丿賷丿賸丕 賷賯丿賾賲賴貙 廿匕 賷卮毓乇 丕賱賯丕乇卅貙 賵賴賵 賷賯乇兀 兀毓賲丕賱賴 丕賱鬲賷 兀氐丿乇賴丕 賮賷 賲乇丨賱丞 賲丕 亘毓丿 賳賵亘賱貙 兀賵 毓賱賶 丕賱兀賯賱 賴匕丕 賲丕 卮毓乇鬲 兀賳丕 亘賴貙 亘兀賳賴 賷賰乇乇 賳賮爻賴 賰孬賷乇賸丕貙 賵賰兀賳賴 賷賰鬲亘 賱賳賮爻賴.
亘丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 廿賱賶 匕賱賰貙 賱丕 兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳賴 賲賳 丕賱爻賴賱 毓賱賶 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 兀賳 賷丨丕賮馗 毓賱賶 賱賷丕賯丞 賯賱賲賴 賵賴賵 賷賯賮 毓賱賶 兀毓鬲丕亘 丕賱鬲爻毓賷賳貙 廿匕 賲賳 丕賱賲賮鬲乇囟 兀賳 賷鬲賴賷兀 丕賱賲乇亍 賱賱禺乇賵噩 賵賱賷爻 丕賱丿禺賵賱 賮賷 鬲噩乇亘丞 噩丿賷丿丞. 賵賲毓 匕賱賰 賱賯丿 賮毓賱鬲賴丕 丕賱鬲爻毓賷賳賷丞 鬲賵賳賷 賲賵乇賷爻賵賳 丕賱丨丕氐賱丞 毓賱賶 賳賵亘賱 毓丕賲 佟侃侃伲.
丕賱噩賲賷賱 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀賳賴丕 賳賲賵匕噩 賳丕噩丨 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷丞 丕賱丨丿賷孬丞 -賵丕賱賲乇賳丞- 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賯賮 毓賱賶 賲賮鬲乇賯 胤乇賯 亘賷賳 賲丕 賷毓乇賮 亘丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱兀丿亘賷丞 賵丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱卮毓亘賷丞.
賱賱賲夭賷丿 丨賵賱 丕賱賮乇賯 亘賷賳 賴匕賷賳 丕賱賳賵毓賷賳 賲賳 丕賱兀丿亘 兀賳氐丨 亘丕賱亘丨孬 賮賷 賯賵賯賱 毓賳:
鈥廘iterary fiction vs popular fiction
兀賲丕 賱賲丕匕丕 兀毓鬲賯丿 亘兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賳丕噩丨丞 賰乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賲賵乇賷爻賵賳 丕賱爻丕亘賯丞 (賵廿賳 賱賲 鬲賰賳 賮賷 賲爻鬲賵丕賴丕) 賮匕賱賰 賷毓賵丿 賱孬賱丕孬丞 兀爻亘丕亘:
佟- 賲賳匕 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱兀賵賱 鬲賳噩丨 賲賵賷爻賵賳 賮賷 卮丿 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賲賳 賷丕賯鬲賴 賵乇賲賷賴 賮賷 毓丕賱賲賴丕 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷 丿賵賳 乇丨賲丞. 賳丕丿乇丞 賴賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨亘爻 兀賳賮丕爻 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賲賳 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賵賱丕 鬲鬲乇賰 賱賴 賮爻丨丞 賱丕賱鬲賯丕胤 兀賳賮丕爻賴 丨鬲賶 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞.
佗- 賱賳 鬲噩丿 賮賷 兀賷 乇賵丕賷丞 兀禺乇賶 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 乇賵丕卅賷丞 亘丕爻賲丕亍 睾乇賷亘丞 賵鬲毓賱賯 賮賷 丕賱匕丕賰乇丞 賰卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賲賵乇賷爻賵賳 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴丕. 賱賳 鬲噩丿 毓賱賶 爻亘賷賱 丕賱賲孬丕賱 丕爻賲丕亍 丕毓鬲賷丕丿賷丞/賯丕亘賱丞 賱賱賳爻賷丕賳 賲孬賱 噩賷賳賷賮乇 賵 噩賵乇噩 賵 賲賵賳賷賰丕 .. 廿賱禺 亘賱 爻鬲噩丿 丕爻賲丕亍 睾乇賷亘丞 賲孬賱 亘乇丕賷丿/丕賱毓乇賵爻貙 亘賵賰乇/ 丕賱賲賴賵賵爻 亘丕賱賰鬲亘貙 賰賵賷賳/ 丕賱賲賱賰丞 .. 廿賱禺. 賴匕賴 丕賱丕爻賲丕亍 毓丿丕 毓賳 賰賵賳賴丕 毓氐賷丞 毓賱賶 丕賱賳爻賷丕賳貙 賮賴賷 鬲賱毓亘 賰匕賱賰 丿賵乇賸丕 賮賷 賰卮賮 胤亘賷毓丞 賴匕賴 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵丨賷賵丕鬲賴丕.
伲- 賱睾丞 賲賵乇賷爻賵賳 丕賱兀丿亘賷丞 乇卮賷賯丞 噩丿賸丕貙 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 禺賮丞 丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱爻賷賳賲丕卅賷丞 賵賲賳 爻賱丕爻丞 丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱兀賲賷乇賰賷丞 (兀賵 賲丕 賳胤賱賯 毓賱賷賴 亘丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 丕賱賰賱丕賲 丕賱爻賴賱 丕賱賲賲鬲賳毓)
賴賳丕 亘丕賱匕丕鬲 賷噩亘 兀賱丕 賳賳爻賶 兀賳 賳卮賰乇 丕賱賲鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱乇丕卅毓丞 亘孬賷賳丞 丕賱丕亘乇丕賴賷賲 丕賱鬲賷 賳賯賱鬲 丕賱賳氐 廿賱賶 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 亘爻乇毓丞 賵丕鬲賯丕賳貙 賲丨丕賮馗丞 賮賷 丕賱賵賯鬲 賳賮爻賴 毓賱賶 乇賵丨 丕賱毓賲賱. 廿賱賶 丿乇噩丞 兀賳賳賷 賱賲 兀卮毓乇 賮賷 兀賷 賱丨馗丞 亘兀賳賳賷 兀賯乇兀 賳氐賸丕 賲鬲乇噩賲賸丕 賲賳 賱睾丞 兀禺乇賶.
賱丕 兀毓乇賮 廿賳 賰丕賳 匕賱賰 氐丨賷丨賸丕 兀賲 賱丕貙 賵賲丕 廿匕丕 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱噩賵丕卅夭 賲賯亘乇丞 賱賱廿亘丿丕毓 賮毓賱丕賸貙 賵賱賰賳 賴賳丕賱賰 賮毓賱丕賸 兀賲孬賱丞 毓賱賶 兀丿亘丕亍 賮丕夭賵丕 亘噩丕卅夭丞 賳賵亘賱 賵賱賲 賷毓丿 亘賲賯丿賵乇賴賲 鬲賯丿賷賲 卮賷亍 噩丿賷丿/噩賷丿 亘毓丿賴丕貙 賮兀賵乇賴丕賳 亘丕賲賵賰 亘毓丿 丨氐賵賱賴 毓賱賶 賳賵亘賱 賷亘丿賵 兀賳賴 賱賲 賷毓丿 賷賲賱賰 噩丿賷丿賸丕 賷賯丿賾賲賴貙 廿匕 賷卮毓乇 丕賱賯丕乇卅貙 賵賴賵 賷賯乇兀 兀毓賲丕賱賴 丕賱鬲賷 兀氐丿乇賴丕 賮賷 賲乇丨賱丞 賲丕 亘毓丿 賳賵亘賱貙 兀賵 毓賱賶 丕賱兀賯賱 賴匕丕 賲丕 卮毓乇鬲 兀賳丕 亘賴貙 亘兀賳賴 賷賰乇乇 賳賮爻賴 賰孬賷乇賸丕貙 賵賰兀賳賴 賷賰鬲亘 賱賳賮爻賴.
亘丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 廿賱賶 匕賱賰貙 賱丕 兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳賴 賲賳 丕賱爻賴賱 毓賱賶 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 兀賳 賷丨丕賮馗 毓賱賶 賱賷丕賯丞 賯賱賲賴 賵賴賵 賷賯賮 毓賱賶 兀毓鬲丕亘 丕賱鬲爻毓賷賳貙 廿匕 賲賳 丕賱賲賮鬲乇囟 兀賳 賷鬲賴賷兀 丕賱賲乇亍 賱賱禺乇賵噩 賵賱賷爻 丕賱丿禺賵賱 賮賷 鬲噩乇亘丞 噩丿賷丿丞. 賵賲毓 匕賱賰 賱賯丿 賮毓賱鬲賴丕 丕賱鬲爻毓賷賳賷丞 鬲賵賳賷 賲賵乇賷爻賵賳 丕賱丨丕氐賱丞 毓賱賶 賳賵亘賱 毓丕賲 佟侃侃伲.
丕賱噩賲賷賱 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀賳賴丕 賳賲賵匕噩 賳丕噩丨 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷丞 丕賱丨丿賷孬丞 -賵丕賱賲乇賳丞- 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賯賮 毓賱賶 賲賮鬲乇賯 胤乇賯 亘賷賳 賲丕 賷毓乇賮 亘丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱兀丿亘賷丞 賵丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱卮毓亘賷丞.
賱賱賲夭賷丿 丨賵賱 丕賱賮乇賯 亘賷賳 賴匕賷賳 丕賱賳賵毓賷賳 賲賳 丕賱兀丿亘 兀賳氐丨 亘丕賱亘丨孬 賮賷 賯賵賯賱 毓賳:
鈥廘iterary fiction vs popular fiction
兀賲丕 賱賲丕匕丕 兀毓鬲賯丿 亘兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賳丕噩丨丞 賰乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賲賵乇賷爻賵賳 丕賱爻丕亘賯丞 (賵廿賳 賱賲 鬲賰賳 賮賷 賲爻鬲賵丕賴丕) 賮匕賱賰 賷毓賵丿 賱孬賱丕孬丞 兀爻亘丕亘:
佟- 賲賳匕 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱兀賵賱 鬲賳噩丨 賲賵賷爻賵賳 賮賷 卮丿 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賲賳 賷丕賯鬲賴 賵乇賲賷賴 賮賷 毓丕賱賲賴丕 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷 丿賵賳 乇丨賲丞. 賳丕丿乇丞 賴賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨亘爻 兀賳賮丕爻 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賲賳 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賵賱丕 鬲鬲乇賰 賱賴 賮爻丨丞 賱丕賱鬲賯丕胤 兀賳賮丕爻賴 丨鬲賶 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞.
佗- 賱賳 鬲噩丿 賮賷 兀賷 乇賵丕賷丞 兀禺乇賶 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 乇賵丕卅賷丞 亘丕爻賲丕亍 睾乇賷亘丞 賵鬲毓賱賯 賮賷 丕賱匕丕賰乇丞 賰卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賲賵乇賷爻賵賳 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴丕. 賱賳 鬲噩丿 毓賱賶 爻亘賷賱 丕賱賲孬丕賱 丕爻賲丕亍 丕毓鬲賷丕丿賷丞/賯丕亘賱丞 賱賱賳爻賷丕賳 賲孬賱 噩賷賳賷賮乇 賵 噩賵乇噩 賵 賲賵賳賷賰丕 .. 廿賱禺 亘賱 爻鬲噩丿 丕爻賲丕亍 睾乇賷亘丞 賲孬賱 亘乇丕賷丿/丕賱毓乇賵爻貙 亘賵賰乇/ 丕賱賲賴賵賵爻 亘丕賱賰鬲亘貙 賰賵賷賳/ 丕賱賲賱賰丞 .. 廿賱禺. 賴匕賴 丕賱丕爻賲丕亍 毓丿丕 毓賳 賰賵賳賴丕 毓氐賷丞 毓賱賶 丕賱賳爻賷丕賳貙 賮賴賷 鬲賱毓亘 賰匕賱賰 丿賵乇賸丕 賮賷 賰卮賮 胤亘賷毓丞 賴匕賴 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵丨賷賵丕鬲賴丕.
伲- 賱睾丞 賲賵乇賷爻賵賳 丕賱兀丿亘賷丞 乇卮賷賯丞 噩丿賸丕貙 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 禺賮丞 丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱爻賷賳賲丕卅賷丞 賵賲賳 爻賱丕爻丞 丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱兀賲賷乇賰賷丞 (兀賵 賲丕 賳胤賱賯 毓賱賷賴 亘丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 丕賱賰賱丕賲 丕賱爻賴賱 丕賱賲賲鬲賳毓)
賴賳丕 亘丕賱匕丕鬲 賷噩亘 兀賱丕 賳賳爻賶 兀賳 賳卮賰乇 丕賱賲鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱乇丕卅毓丞 亘孬賷賳丞 丕賱丕亘乇丕賴賷賲 丕賱鬲賷 賳賯賱鬲 丕賱賳氐 廿賱賶 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 亘爻乇毓丞 賵丕鬲賯丕賳貙 賲丨丕賮馗丞 賮賷 丕賱賵賯鬲 賳賮爻賴 毓賱賶 乇賵丨 丕賱毓賲賱. 廿賱賶 丿乇噩丞 兀賳賳賷 賱賲 兀卮毓乇 賮賷 兀賷 賱丨馗丞 亘兀賳賳賷 兀賯乇兀 賳氐賸丕 賲鬲乇噩賲賸丕 賲賳 賱睾丞 兀禺乇賶.
February 22, 2015
4.5 Absolutely amazing, Morrison can put a story together as very few can. Although only a short novel, so much is said, so much emotional territory is covered. When Sweetness, a light skinned black gives birth to a blue black baby, she is appalled as is her husband who quickly leaves the family. Treating her daughter, Lulu Ann roughly, she makes excuses for herself by thinking she is teaching her child how rough the world would treat her by the color of her skin. Calling herself Bride, Lulu Ann becomes a beauty and successful in business, but not so in love.
The story shows how treatment in the past follows a person into the future, the feelings of inferiority are hard to erase. How violence is dealt to the young and helpless by the very people trusted to take care and love them. This is a gritty novel, more reminiscent of her earliest novel, Bluest Eye. Her use of spare language, her word choices, descriptions and use of symbolism, I found awe inspiring. There is so much cause and effect in this novel, not just with the main characters but in many of the relationships found within. Although it is gritty, there are also good people, people who go out of their way to help a stranger.
Atonement, is it ever possible to atone for the bad decisions of the past? Can one ever truly overcome the bad events and memories of childhood?
Thought provoking novel by an author that has truly mastered her craft. She gets it!
ARC by publisher.
The story shows how treatment in the past follows a person into the future, the feelings of inferiority are hard to erase. How violence is dealt to the young and helpless by the very people trusted to take care and love them. This is a gritty novel, more reminiscent of her earliest novel, Bluest Eye. Her use of spare language, her word choices, descriptions and use of symbolism, I found awe inspiring. There is so much cause and effect in this novel, not just with the main characters but in many of the relationships found within. Although it is gritty, there are also good people, people who go out of their way to help a stranger.
Atonement, is it ever possible to atone for the bad decisions of the past? Can one ever truly overcome the bad events and memories of childhood?
Thought provoking novel by an author that has truly mastered her craft. She gets it!
ARC by publisher.
December 25, 2016
"賱賯丿 毓賱賾賲鬲賳賷 丿乇爻丕賸 賰丕賳 毓賱賷賾 兀賳 兀毓乇賮賴 賲賳匕 夭賲賳貨 賲丕 鬲賮毓賱賴 賱賱兀胤賮丕賱 賷丐孬賾乇 亘賴賲貙 賵賯丿 賱丕 賷賳爻賵賳賴 兀亘丿丕賸."
賮賷 賰鬲丕亘 賯乇兀鬲賴 賲丐禺乇丕賸貙 賱賮鬲鬲 賳馗乇賷 噩賲賱丞 鬲賵賯賮鬲 毓賳丿賴丕 胤賵賷賱丕賸: "賲爻鬲賯亘賱賷 賵乇丕卅賷".. 賳毓賲貙 賮賲丕 賷賲乇 亘丕賱兀胤賮丕賱 賷卮賰賾賱 賲爻鬲賯亘賱賴賲 賵賯丿 賷丿賲賾乇 丨賷丕鬲賴賲! 賵賰賲 賴賷 賰孬賷乇丞 鬲賱賰 丕賱賵丨賵卮 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲禺鬲亘卅 賵乇丕亍 賯賳丕毓 丕賱丕亘鬲爻丕賲丕鬲 丕賱夭丕卅賮丞 賵爻賲毓丞 "兀賰孬乇 丕賱兀卮禺丕氐 賱胤賮丕賸 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲" 賱鬲購賮乇睾 卮賴賵丕鬲賴丕 丕賱卮賷胤丕賳賷丞 賵鬲賴鬲賰 兀爻鬲丕乇 丕賱胤賮賵賱丞 丕賱亘乇賷卅丞 亘賰賱 爻丕丿賷丞 賵賯匕丕乇丞!
鬲胤乇丨 鬲賵賳賷 賲賵乇賷爻賵賳 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲卮賰賱丞 丕賱毓賳氐乇賷丞 賲賳 夭丕賵賷丞 噩丿賷丿丞 -亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷- 賵賯囟賷丞 丕睾鬲氐丕亘 賵丕爻鬲睾賱丕賱 丕賱兀胤賮丕賱 噩賳爻賷丕賸貙 禺氐賵氐丕賸 丕賱兀胤賮丕賱 丕賱爻賵丿 賲賳 丕賱胤亘賯丕鬲 丕賱賲爻丨賵賯丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓丕賳賷 賲賳 丕賱鬲賮乇賯丞 賵丕賱鬲賲賷賷夭 賵丕賱毓亘賵丿賷丞. 鬲胤乇丨 賴匕賴 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 亘兀爻賱賵亘 噩匕賾丕亘 賷丨亘爻 兀賳賮丕爻賰 賲賳 兀賵賱 爻胤乇貙 賵鬲亘賯賶 賲鬲卮賵賯丕賸 賵賲鬲丨賮賾夭丕賸 賱鬲毓乇賮 丕賱賲夭賷丿貙 兀賵 亘丕賱兀丨乇賶 鬲購賴賷賾丐賰 賱鬲賱賯賾賷 丕賱氐丿賲丞 丕賱鬲丕賱賷丞.. 兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱爻乇丿 賵丕賱賯氐賾 賲賲賷賾夭 噩丿丕賸 賵丕賱賱睾丞 爻賴賱 賲賲鬲賳毓貙 毓丿丕 毓賳 丕賱兀爻賲丕亍 睾賷乇 丕賱丕毓鬲賷丕丿賷丞 賱賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨賲賱 賲毓丕賳賷 乇賲夭賷丞 毓賲賷賯丞: 爻賵賷鬲賳爻貙 亘乇丕賷丿貙 亘賵賰乇貙 賰賵賷賳.. 兀爻賲丕亍 鬲購丨賮賾乇 賮賷 匕丕賰乇鬲賰 胤賵賷賱丕賸.
賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 氐丿賲丞 毓賳賷賮丞 賱賰賱 賯丕乇卅貙 鬲賳夭賱 毓賱賶 乇兀爻賰 賰丕賱氐丕毓賯丞! 鬲賴夭賾賰 亘毓賳賮貙 鬲購亘賰賷賰貙 鬲丐孬賾乇 亘賰貙 鬲賮鬲丨 毓賷賳賷賰 毓賱賶 兀賮毓丕賱 賰賴匕賴 鬲丨丿孬 賮賷 賲噩鬲賲毓賳丕 賵賳乇賮囟 兀賳 賳毓鬲乇賮 亘賴丕 禺噩賱丕賸 賵禺賵賮丕賸 賵噩亘賳丕賸.. 賱賷賰賳 丕賱乇亘 賮賷 毓賵賳 賰賱 丕賱兀胤賮丕賱 丕賱兀亘乇賷丕亍 丕賱賲爻丨賵賯賷賳..
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丨賱賲鬲 亘兀賳賷 丕賯乇兀 乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 胤賮賱丞貙 賯亘賱 兀賳 兀毓乇賮 卮賷卅丕賸 毓賳 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 兀賵 兀毓乇賮 丕爻賲賴丕 丨鬲賶! 賱丕 兀丿乇賷 賱賰賳賳賷 卮毓乇鬲 賵賰兀賳賴丕 鬲賳丕丿賷賳賷 賱兀賯乇兀賴丕..
賷丕 鬲購乇賶 賴賱 鬲購乇爻賱 丕賱賰鬲亘 賱賳丕 乇爻丕卅賱 禺賮賷丞!
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June 19, 2021
Reread
Thus concludes my rereading of Toni Morrison's novels in publication order. I finished my reread of her first novel November, 21, 2020, and ended the whole project last night, June 18, 2021.
I find I don't have much to add to my previous review, so I will leave it as is:
Previous review
This book was sitting half-read in a Kansas City hotel room, while I was visiting the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. After finishing the novel, I reflected on one of the characters' saying that race doesn't exist, that it's not a scientific but a social construct and even more so an economic engine; and I was reminded of the museum, where these same ideas are so very apparent.
Though the main female character is gawked at for both her blue-black skin and her beauty, race is not the novel's main theme. It is the sexual abuse -- rape -- of children, of all colors, by adults -- parents, teachers, strangers, the man-next-door -- and how that shapes and informs every single day of the surviving victims, even the indirect ones.
I read Toni Morrison not only for her themes but also her language; and while this is not the same prose of her masterpieces, it contains startling imagery and beautiful lyricism, especially in the last section. Surprisingly enough, a passage of fire in the latter reminded me of the start of the last section of Caldwell's .
While not directly stated, this novel shows that everyone knows someone affected by the crime of sexual child abuse -- even if they don't know that they do. As Booker says: 鈥淣ow five people know. The boy, the freak, your mother, you and now me. Five is better than two but it should be five thousand.鈥�
Thus concludes my rereading of Toni Morrison's novels in publication order. I finished my reread of her first novel November, 21, 2020, and ended the whole project last night, June 18, 2021.
I find I don't have much to add to my previous review, so I will leave it as is:
Previous review
This book was sitting half-read in a Kansas City hotel room, while I was visiting the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. After finishing the novel, I reflected on one of the characters' saying that race doesn't exist, that it's not a scientific but a social construct and even more so an economic engine; and I was reminded of the museum, where these same ideas are so very apparent.
Though the main female character is gawked at for both her blue-black skin and her beauty, race is not the novel's main theme. It is the sexual abuse -- rape -- of children, of all colors, by adults -- parents, teachers, strangers, the man-next-door -- and how that shapes and informs every single day of the surviving victims, even the indirect ones.
They will blow it, she thought. Each will cling to a sad little story of hurt and sorrow -鈥� some long-ago trouble and pain life dumped on their pure and innocent selves. And each one will rewrite that story forever, knowing the plot, guessing the theme, inventing its meaning and dismissing its origin.
I read Toni Morrison not only for her themes but also her language; and while this is not the same prose of her masterpieces, it contains startling imagery and beautiful lyricism, especially in the last section. Surprisingly enough, a passage of fire in the latter reminded me of the start of the last section of Caldwell's .
While not directly stated, this novel shows that everyone knows someone affected by the crime of sexual child abuse -- even if they don't know that they do. As Booker says: 鈥淣ow five people know. The boy, the freak, your mother, you and now me. Five is better than two but it should be five thousand.鈥�
July 1, 2020
Toni鈥檚 passing this year was a sad moment for me. I read all her books again and this is my first reading of God Help The Child. It is a beautiful love story, full of blood and viscera but still optimistic and life-affirming. The story of Booker and Bride is one that I will not soon forget. Of course, the writing is a pleasure to read and savor. Toni 惭辞谤谤颈蝉辞苍鈥檚 swan song is one of her truly great additions to the canon of great American literature.
June 12, 2017
賱賷賰賳 丕賱乇亘 賮賷 毓賵賳賷 兀賳丕貙 賱賷賰賳 賮賷 毓賵賳賷 兀賳丕 丕賱鬲賷 賰賳鬲 丿丕卅賲賸丕 賲丕 兀鬲乇賾賳賲 亘丨馗賷 丕賱噩賷丿 丿賵賲賸丕 賲毓 丕賱賰購鬲亘 賵賰賷賮 兀賳噩匕亘 亘賮毓賱 丕賱氐丿賮丞 賵亘睾賷乇 鬲乇鬲賷亘 兀賵 鬲丿禺賱 賲賳賷賾 廿賱賶 丕賱賰購鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 亘賴丕 乇丕亘胤 兀賵 毓賱丕賯丞 賲丕 賵賰兀賳賴丕 禺賷胤 賲丕 兀賳 兀噩匕亘 胤乇賮賴 丨鬲賶 賷卮丿 亘毓囟賴 丕賱亘毓囟.
賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱丕 兀毓賱賲 氐丿賯賸丕 賱賲丕 禺丕亘 丨馗賷賾貙 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 噩賷丿丞 廿賱賶 丨丿 賲丕 賱賰賳賳賷 賰賳鬲 賯丿 乇賮毓鬲 爻賯賮 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賷賾 賲毓賴丕 廿賱賶 兀毓賱丕賴貨 兀賳丕 賱爻鬲購 匕賱賰 丕賱賯丕乇卅 丕賱匕賷 賷丨賰賲 毓賱賶 毓賲賱 賲丕 賵賮賯賸丕 賱鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賴 丕賱禺丕氐丞 丨鬲賶 兀賳賳賷賾 兀乇賮囟 賲毓乇賮丞 丕賱賰孬賷乇 毓賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賯亘賱 賯乇丕卅鬲賴丕 丕賱賱賴賲 廿賱丕 賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 毓賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賮賯胤.
賲賳丕賯卮丕鬲 兀氐丿賯丕卅賷 賱賷賾 賮賷 兀賷 毓賲賱 賲丕 鬲購爻亘亘 賱賴賲 丕賱賮夭毓 賵丕賱囟噩乇 賲賳 鬲兀賰賷丿賷 丕賱賲爻鬲賲乇 毓賱賶 兀賳賳賷 賱丕 兀乇賷丿 兀賳 兀毓乇賮 卮賷卅賸丕 兀賷賸丕 賰丕賳 賱丕 丕賳胤亘丕毓丕鬲賰賲 丕賱禺丕氐丞貙 賵賱丕 丕賱賲賮丕噩丌鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賵賯毓鬲賲賵賴丕 兀賵 賱賲 鬲鬲賵賯毓賵賴丕 丨鬲賶 丕賳鬲賴賷 賲賳 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞貨 亘丕禺鬲氐丕乇 賱丕 兀丿毓 兀賷 卮賷亍 賲賴賲丕 賰丕賳 兀賳 賷噩毓賱賳賷 兀賰賵賳 丨賰賲 兀賵 乇兀賷 賲丕 毓賳 丕賱毓賲賱 亘禺賱丕賮 爻胤賵乇 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 匕丕鬲賴.
賱匕丕 丨賷賳賲丕 賯乇兀鬲 兀賵賱 毓卮乇 氐賮丨丕鬲 賲賳賴丕 賰鬲氐賮丨 丕賳亘賴乇鬲 亘賴丕 賵賯乇乇鬲 兀賳賳賷 爻兀賯賵賲 亘丕爻鬲賰賲丕賱賴丕 賮賷 丕賱睾丿 孬賲 馗賱賱鬲 丕乇爻賲 兀賰孬乇 丕賱爻賷賳丕乇賷賵賴丕鬲 兀孬丕乇丞 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷賾 孬賲 賮賷 丕賱賷賵賲 丕賱鬲丕賱賷 賯乇兀鬲賴丕 賮賷 噩賱爻丞 賵丕丨丿丞 賵卮毓乇鬲 亘丕賱禺賷亘丞貙 賵賮賯胤.
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 胤賮賱丞 鬲賵賱丿 爻賵丿丕亍貙 賮賷 亘賷卅丞 卮丿賷丿丞 丕賱毓丿丕亍 賵丕賱毓賳氐乇賷丞貨 兀爻賵兀 賲丕 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷丨丿孬 賱卮禺氐 賴賵 兀賳 賷購丨鬲賯乇 賵賷購賴丕賳 賱丕 賱兀噩賱 兀賮毓丕賱 卮賳賷毓丞 兀賵 爻賷卅丞 丕乇鬲賰亘賴丕 亘賱 賱兀賳賴 賵賱丿 賴賰匕丕貙 賱丕 匕賳亘 賱兀丨丿 賮賷 匕丕賰 賱丕 丕賱胤賮賱丞貙 賵賱丕 賵丕賱丿賷賴丕貙 賱丕 兀丨丿 毓賱賶 丕賱兀胤賱丕賯.
賵丨丿賴賲 兀賵賱卅賰 丕賱兀賵睾丕丿 丕賱匕賷賳 賷毓鬲賯丿賵賳 兀賳 賰賵賳賴賲 賵賱丿賵丕 亘亘卮乇丞 亘賷囟丕亍貙 兀賵 兀睾賳賷丕亍貙 兀賵 賮賷 亘賱丿丞 賲丕 丿賵賳 睾賷乇賴丕 賷購毓胤賷賴賲 丕賱丨賯 賮賷 丕賱爻禺乇賷丞 賵丕賱鬲賴賰賲 毓賱賷賴賲 亘賱 賵賲丨丕賵賱丞 丕賱鬲丨賰賲 賮賷 賲氐丕卅乇賴丕 賵賰兀賳賴賲 毓乇丕卅爻 賲丕乇賷賵賳鬲 賵賱賷爻賵丕 丕兀卮禺丕氐賸丕 賷賲賱賰賵賳 丨賷賵丕鬲賴賲 丕賱禺丕氐丞 亘賷賳 兀賷丿賷賴賲.
兀賷賾 氐賱賮 賵睾乇賵乇 賷噩毓賱 兀丨丿賴賲 賷鬲亘丕賴賶 亘氐賮丞 賱賷爻 賱賴 賷丿 賮賷賴丕貙 賱丕 兀禺賱丕賯 賵賱丕 賳噩丕丨 賵賱丕 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 賳亘匕賱 噩賴丿賸丕 賱賱賵氐賵賱 廿賱賷賴丕 賴賷 賮賯胤 兀卮賷丕亍 賵購賱丿賳丕 亘賴丕 賴賰匕丕!
賯氐丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰丕賳 賷賲賰賳 賱賴丕 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 賲賳 兀毓馗賲 賲丕 賰購鬲亘 賵賲丕 賯乇兀鬲 廿賱賶 丕賱丌賳 賱賵 兀賳賴丕 兀賵囟丨鬲 賲毓丕賳丕丞 丕賱胤賮賱丞貙 胤乇賷賯 賰賮丕丨賴丕貙 丕氐乇丕乇賴丕 毓賱賶 廿孬亘丕鬲 賳賮爻賴丕 毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 乇賮囟 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳 賱賴丕貙 丕賱丕爻鬲賲丕鬲丞 賮賷 丕賱賳噩丕丨 孬賲 丕賱丕爻鬲賲丕鬲丞 賮賷 丕賱賳噩丕丨.
賮賷 丕賱賲賯丕亘賱 賲丕匕丕 賯丿賲鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丨賯賸丕責 賯丿賲鬲 賯氐丞 乇賰賷賰丞 賱賮鬲丕丞 賴噩乇賴丕 丨亘賷亘賴丕 孬賲 匕賴亘鬲 賱賱亘丨孬 毓賳賴貙 賯氐丞 乇賰賷賰丞 賱賮鬲丕丞 賳丕噩丨丞 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 丕賱兀夭賷丕亍 賵丕賱賲賵囟丞 賵丕賱噩賲丕賱 賵鬲鬲乇賰 賲賳氐亘賴丕 賱賰賷 鬲匕賴亘 賱賱亘丨孬 毓賳 乇噩賱 賱賲 賷丿禺賱 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 亘兀爻亘丕亘 毓賯賱丕賳賷丞 賵賯丿 鬲乇賰賴丕 兀賷囟賸丕 賰匕賱賰 亘賱丕 兀爻亘丕亘 毓賯賱丕賳賷丞.
氐乇丕丨丞 兀賳丕 賱丕 丕丨鬲乇賲 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀賳賵丕毓 賲賳 丕賱賳噩丕丨貙 賱丕 爻賷賲丕 匕賱賰 丕賱匕賷 賷毓鬲賲丿 亘卮賰賱 賲丕 毓賱賶 噩爻丿 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賵賲馗賴乇賴丕 賵噩賲丕賱賴丕 兀賰孬乇 亘賰孬賷乇 賲賳 毓賯賱賴丕 賮廿匕丕 兀乇丕丿鬲 兀丨丿丕賴賳- 爻賵丿丕亍 賰丕賳鬲 兀賲 亘賷囟丕亍- 兀賳 鬲購孬亘鬲 賱賱毓丕賱賲 賳噩丕丨賴丕 賵賰賮丕丨賴丕 亘噩爻丿賴丕 賮賯胤 賮賯丿 爻亘賯賴丕 丕賱賰孬賷乇丕鬲.
乇賵丕賷丞 鈥撡冐Ｘ嘿勜� 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷- 禺賮賷賮丞貙 賲爻鬲賴鬲乇丞貙 鬲氐賱丨 賱賱賲購乇賮賴賷賳 賵賱賷爻賵丕 兀賵賱卅賰 丕賱匕賷賳 賷丨丕乇亘賵賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 兀賲孬丕賱賳丕 賵賷賵丕噩賴賵賳 爻賵卅賴丕 賵賯購亘丨賴丕 亘丕賱兀丿亘.
鬲賲賾鬲.
賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱丕 兀毓賱賲 氐丿賯賸丕 賱賲丕 禺丕亘 丨馗賷賾貙 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 噩賷丿丞 廿賱賶 丨丿 賲丕 賱賰賳賳賷 賰賳鬲 賯丿 乇賮毓鬲 爻賯賮 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賷賾 賲毓賴丕 廿賱賶 兀毓賱丕賴貨 兀賳丕 賱爻鬲購 匕賱賰 丕賱賯丕乇卅 丕賱匕賷 賷丨賰賲 毓賱賶 毓賲賱 賲丕 賵賮賯賸丕 賱鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賴 丕賱禺丕氐丞 丨鬲賶 兀賳賳賷賾 兀乇賮囟 賲毓乇賮丞 丕賱賰孬賷乇 毓賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賯亘賱 賯乇丕卅鬲賴丕 丕賱賱賴賲 廿賱丕 賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 毓賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賮賯胤.
賲賳丕賯卮丕鬲 兀氐丿賯丕卅賷 賱賷賾 賮賷 兀賷 毓賲賱 賲丕 鬲購爻亘亘 賱賴賲 丕賱賮夭毓 賵丕賱囟噩乇 賲賳 鬲兀賰賷丿賷 丕賱賲爻鬲賲乇 毓賱賶 兀賳賳賷 賱丕 兀乇賷丿 兀賳 兀毓乇賮 卮賷卅賸丕 兀賷賸丕 賰丕賳 賱丕 丕賳胤亘丕毓丕鬲賰賲 丕賱禺丕氐丞貙 賵賱丕 丕賱賲賮丕噩丌鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賵賯毓鬲賲賵賴丕 兀賵 賱賲 鬲鬲賵賯毓賵賴丕 丨鬲賶 丕賳鬲賴賷 賲賳 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞貨 亘丕禺鬲氐丕乇 賱丕 兀丿毓 兀賷 卮賷亍 賲賴賲丕 賰丕賳 兀賳 賷噩毓賱賳賷 兀賰賵賳 丨賰賲 兀賵 乇兀賷 賲丕 毓賳 丕賱毓賲賱 亘禺賱丕賮 爻胤賵乇 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 匕丕鬲賴.
賱匕丕 丨賷賳賲丕 賯乇兀鬲 兀賵賱 毓卮乇 氐賮丨丕鬲 賲賳賴丕 賰鬲氐賮丨 丕賳亘賴乇鬲 亘賴丕 賵賯乇乇鬲 兀賳賳賷 爻兀賯賵賲 亘丕爻鬲賰賲丕賱賴丕 賮賷 丕賱睾丿 孬賲 馗賱賱鬲 丕乇爻賲 兀賰孬乇 丕賱爻賷賳丕乇賷賵賴丕鬲 兀孬丕乇丞 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷賾 孬賲 賮賷 丕賱賷賵賲 丕賱鬲丕賱賷 賯乇兀鬲賴丕 賮賷 噩賱爻丞 賵丕丨丿丞 賵卮毓乇鬲 亘丕賱禺賷亘丞貙 賵賮賯胤.
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 胤賮賱丞 鬲賵賱丿 爻賵丿丕亍貙 賮賷 亘賷卅丞 卮丿賷丿丞 丕賱毓丿丕亍 賵丕賱毓賳氐乇賷丞貨 兀爻賵兀 賲丕 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷丨丿孬 賱卮禺氐 賴賵 兀賳 賷購丨鬲賯乇 賵賷購賴丕賳 賱丕 賱兀噩賱 兀賮毓丕賱 卮賳賷毓丞 兀賵 爻賷卅丞 丕乇鬲賰亘賴丕 亘賱 賱兀賳賴 賵賱丿 賴賰匕丕貙 賱丕 匕賳亘 賱兀丨丿 賮賷 匕丕賰 賱丕 丕賱胤賮賱丞貙 賵賱丕 賵丕賱丿賷賴丕貙 賱丕 兀丨丿 毓賱賶 丕賱兀胤賱丕賯.
賵丨丿賴賲 兀賵賱卅賰 丕賱兀賵睾丕丿 丕賱匕賷賳 賷毓鬲賯丿賵賳 兀賳 賰賵賳賴賲 賵賱丿賵丕 亘亘卮乇丞 亘賷囟丕亍貙 兀賵 兀睾賳賷丕亍貙 兀賵 賮賷 亘賱丿丞 賲丕 丿賵賳 睾賷乇賴丕 賷購毓胤賷賴賲 丕賱丨賯 賮賷 丕賱爻禺乇賷丞 賵丕賱鬲賴賰賲 毓賱賷賴賲 亘賱 賵賲丨丕賵賱丞 丕賱鬲丨賰賲 賮賷 賲氐丕卅乇賴丕 賵賰兀賳賴賲 毓乇丕卅爻 賲丕乇賷賵賳鬲 賵賱賷爻賵丕 丕兀卮禺丕氐賸丕 賷賲賱賰賵賳 丨賷賵丕鬲賴賲 丕賱禺丕氐丞 亘賷賳 兀賷丿賷賴賲.
兀賷賾 氐賱賮 賵睾乇賵乇 賷噩毓賱 兀丨丿賴賲 賷鬲亘丕賴賶 亘氐賮丞 賱賷爻 賱賴 賷丿 賮賷賴丕貙 賱丕 兀禺賱丕賯 賵賱丕 賳噩丕丨 賵賱丕 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 賳亘匕賱 噩賴丿賸丕 賱賱賵氐賵賱 廿賱賷賴丕 賴賷 賮賯胤 兀卮賷丕亍 賵購賱丿賳丕 亘賴丕 賴賰匕丕!
賯氐丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰丕賳 賷賲賰賳 賱賴丕 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 賲賳 兀毓馗賲 賲丕 賰購鬲亘 賵賲丕 賯乇兀鬲 廿賱賶 丕賱丌賳 賱賵 兀賳賴丕 兀賵囟丨鬲 賲毓丕賳丕丞 丕賱胤賮賱丞貙 胤乇賷賯 賰賮丕丨賴丕貙 丕氐乇丕乇賴丕 毓賱賶 廿孬亘丕鬲 賳賮爻賴丕 毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 乇賮囟 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳 賱賴丕貙 丕賱丕爻鬲賲丕鬲丞 賮賷 丕賱賳噩丕丨 孬賲 丕賱丕爻鬲賲丕鬲丞 賮賷 丕賱賳噩丕丨.
賮賷 丕賱賲賯丕亘賱 賲丕匕丕 賯丿賲鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丨賯賸丕責 賯丿賲鬲 賯氐丞 乇賰賷賰丞 賱賮鬲丕丞 賴噩乇賴丕 丨亘賷亘賴丕 孬賲 匕賴亘鬲 賱賱亘丨孬 毓賳賴貙 賯氐丞 乇賰賷賰丞 賱賮鬲丕丞 賳丕噩丨丞 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 丕賱兀夭賷丕亍 賵丕賱賲賵囟丞 賵丕賱噩賲丕賱 賵鬲鬲乇賰 賲賳氐亘賴丕 賱賰賷 鬲匕賴亘 賱賱亘丨孬 毓賳 乇噩賱 賱賲 賷丿禺賱 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 亘兀爻亘丕亘 毓賯賱丕賳賷丞 賵賯丿 鬲乇賰賴丕 兀賷囟賸丕 賰匕賱賰 亘賱丕 兀爻亘丕亘 毓賯賱丕賳賷丞.
氐乇丕丨丞 兀賳丕 賱丕 丕丨鬲乇賲 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀賳賵丕毓 賲賳 丕賱賳噩丕丨貙 賱丕 爻賷賲丕 匕賱賰 丕賱匕賷 賷毓鬲賲丿 亘卮賰賱 賲丕 毓賱賶 噩爻丿 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賵賲馗賴乇賴丕 賵噩賲丕賱賴丕 兀賰孬乇 亘賰孬賷乇 賲賳 毓賯賱賴丕 賮廿匕丕 兀乇丕丿鬲 兀丨丿丕賴賳- 爻賵丿丕亍 賰丕賳鬲 兀賲 亘賷囟丕亍- 兀賳 鬲購孬亘鬲 賱賱毓丕賱賲 賳噩丕丨賴丕 賵賰賮丕丨賴丕 亘噩爻丿賴丕 賮賯胤 賮賯丿 爻亘賯賴丕 丕賱賰孬賷乇丕鬲.
乇賵丕賷丞 鈥撡冐Ｘ嘿勜� 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷- 禺賮賷賮丞貙 賲爻鬲賴鬲乇丞貙 鬲氐賱丨 賱賱賲購乇賮賴賷賳 賵賱賷爻賵丕 兀賵賱卅賰 丕賱匕賷賳 賷丨丕乇亘賵賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 兀賲孬丕賱賳丕 賵賷賵丕噩賴賵賳 爻賵卅賴丕 賵賯購亘丨賴丕 亘丕賱兀丿亘.
鬲賲賾鬲.
December 13, 2017
Writing this review has shifted my rated from 3-4 stars, to 5.
What an eclectic book, what an interesting writer! This is my first foray into books. I listened to the audio, narrated by the author. She has a dreamy voice, I was initially feeling a little mesmerised and sleepy, but decided to enjoy the story telling, by the creator, it is real. Her words pack a punch at every turn, every statement is strong and full bodied. The process of writing this story must have been exhausting.
Tough are these themes of childhood neglect, abuse and childhood misery. We are meant to cherish our young, aren鈥檛 we? So many bad things happen to our babies, it is depressing, but the author uses this to make us think.
鈥楤ride鈥� has chosen this as her name, is a young and exquisite beautiful blue black woman who has seen too much, experienced too much and has lived without all the things we take for granted. This is really heavy, it鈥檚 hard for me to put into words a summary, I don鈥檛 summarise my books here on 欧宝娱乐, anyway. Gosh, I didn鈥檛 even know the term blue black 鈥� I had to look it up, and the images I saw took my breath away. I could envision Bride to be extraordinary.
Bride shines in every way 鈥� her looks, her white clothes and shoes against her amazing skin colour, an amazing career. She has succeeded in this respect, but what she has endured in her short few years is heartbreaking. She will touch the life of the reader. Bride only ever wanted to be loved, accepted; even touched by her mother.
Read this book. I am now off to read more about the author and see if I can get a glimpse into where all these complexities come from if can, even in a small way.
What an eclectic book, what an interesting writer! This is my first foray into books. I listened to the audio, narrated by the author. She has a dreamy voice, I was initially feeling a little mesmerised and sleepy, but decided to enjoy the story telling, by the creator, it is real. Her words pack a punch at every turn, every statement is strong and full bodied. The process of writing this story must have been exhausting.
Tough are these themes of childhood neglect, abuse and childhood misery. We are meant to cherish our young, aren鈥檛 we? So many bad things happen to our babies, it is depressing, but the author uses this to make us think.
鈥楤ride鈥� has chosen this as her name, is a young and exquisite beautiful blue black woman who has seen too much, experienced too much and has lived without all the things we take for granted. This is really heavy, it鈥檚 hard for me to put into words a summary, I don鈥檛 summarise my books here on 欧宝娱乐, anyway. Gosh, I didn鈥檛 even know the term blue black 鈥� I had to look it up, and the images I saw took my breath away. I could envision Bride to be extraordinary.
Bride shines in every way 鈥� her looks, her white clothes and shoes against her amazing skin colour, an amazing career. She has succeeded in this respect, but what she has endured in her short few years is heartbreaking. She will touch the life of the reader. Bride only ever wanted to be loved, accepted; even touched by her mother.
Read this book. I am now off to read more about the author and see if I can get a glimpse into where all these complexities come from if can, even in a small way.
May 31, 2023
I like Toni 惭辞谤谤颈蝉辞苍鈥檚 prose. I still faintly remember some stuff from Beloved that I had flicked through years ago. After reading this book I have made a plan to revisit Beloved again. I have a copy. Her first novel, The Bluest Eyes is also in the race. There are these four lines on the first page of Beloved, that I have,
It seems to me as if these lines carry forward to this book as well, in some sense.
Oh, God! Help the children!
The sad thing is that this turned out to be her last. 惭辞谤谤颈蝉辞苍鈥檚 writing is easy to inflow and solid in structure. In this book too, I loved her prose, her sentences, her dialogues, and above all her hermeneutics! Those hermeneutics are brief yet stately!
Sofia Huxley was in prison for 15 years. Lula Ann Bridewell, also known as 鈥楤ride鈥� in the book, was only eight years old when she lifted her arm and pointed her finger at Sofia in the courtroom. The bride was a witness. There was a case of child molestation; it remained a sort of mystery till the end. She comes out after fifteen years.
But this book is not about a mystery nor it鈥檚 only about child molestation. Morrison has tried to achieve something else. I am aware that the racial divide has been a theme in her work. While searching about the authors, I sometimes come across various weird terms, especially those nomenclatures these literary people have coined. This time I came across a word called 鈥渂lack literature鈥�. They said she brought the 鈥榖lack literature鈥� into the mainstream. Though I understand what they mean, I thought this term in itself is creepy. Our skin can be black or white or blue or green or whatever, but literature! Can it be black or white? Literature has only one name for the color, and that鈥檚 VIBGYOR. No one color! I am telling you. And this blend of all feasible colors is something that makes literature worthy of reading.
Bride was a dark-skinned child of her light skin parents and she is the main character in the story. Bride grows up and becomes a successful businesswoman. She was moving on a highway in her Jaguar and met with a minor accident while speedily turning. She damages her ankle and stuck there. One little girl comes and then she brings with her one man. This man helps her come out of the crashed car and takes her home. There is his wife and this little daughter and they support and take care of her. She spends some weeks with her broken limbs there. And she is surprised by their unconditional help and care. This was one of the scenes in the book I liked.
Booker was her boyfriend and one day he suddenly leaves her saying, 鈥測ou are not the woman I want.鈥� Booker had his own troubles as his brother was murdered when he was a kid. This relationship between Bride and Booker was very unforthcoming and both of them did not divulge some secrets and which made the relationship erroneous and misleading.
There is a tone of constant sobriety throughout the book. It did not diminish for a moment for me; these modulations were not out of sight even at the moments of jubilation among the characters. This book is filled with tropes of women's sensuality, gloom and obscurity, race discrimination, and child molestation. There are also falsehood, hurt, love, and relationship issues. But I found the self-loathing and abandonment, through the Bride鈥檚 self-imposed narration, the two most dominant attributes of the entire plot. And Morrison has entwined them in a very suggestive manner.
Though I liked the book, the overall magic that I was expecting was missing. The story did not sprawl in the end. The book is fast-paced and its flow is not interrupted at any moment. It was a bit perplexing in the beginning when I tried to acquaint myself with the characters. Once I knew who was who, It kept me bound all the time. This is the sad little story of hurt and sorrow- some long ago troubles and pain, life dumped on someone鈥檚 innocent soul! But its end was comforting. I liked the mild anarchy of the plot.
鈥淚 will call them my people,
Which were not my people
And her beloved,
Which was not beloved.鈥�
It seems to me as if these lines carry forward to this book as well, in some sense.
Oh, God! Help the children!
The sad thing is that this turned out to be her last. 惭辞谤谤颈蝉辞苍鈥檚 writing is easy to inflow and solid in structure. In this book too, I loved her prose, her sentences, her dialogues, and above all her hermeneutics! Those hermeneutics are brief yet stately!
Sofia Huxley was in prison for 15 years. Lula Ann Bridewell, also known as 鈥楤ride鈥� in the book, was only eight years old when she lifted her arm and pointed her finger at Sofia in the courtroom. The bride was a witness. There was a case of child molestation; it remained a sort of mystery till the end. She comes out after fifteen years.
鈥淪he did do me a favor. Not the foolish one she had in mind, not the money she had offered, but the gift that neither of us planned: the release of tears unshed for fifteen years. No more bottling up. No more filth. Now I am clean and able.鈥�
But this book is not about a mystery nor it鈥檚 only about child molestation. Morrison has tried to achieve something else. I am aware that the racial divide has been a theme in her work. While searching about the authors, I sometimes come across various weird terms, especially those nomenclatures these literary people have coined. This time I came across a word called 鈥渂lack literature鈥�. They said she brought the 鈥榖lack literature鈥� into the mainstream. Though I understand what they mean, I thought this term in itself is creepy. Our skin can be black or white or blue or green or whatever, but literature! Can it be black or white? Literature has only one name for the color, and that鈥檚 VIBGYOR. No one color! I am telling you. And this blend of all feasible colors is something that makes literature worthy of reading.
Bride was a dark-skinned child of her light skin parents and she is the main character in the story. Bride grows up and becomes a successful businesswoman. She was moving on a highway in her Jaguar and met with a minor accident while speedily turning. She damages her ankle and stuck there. One little girl comes and then she brings with her one man. This man helps her come out of the crashed car and takes her home. There is his wife and this little daughter and they support and take care of her. She spends some weeks with her broken limbs there. And she is surprised by their unconditional help and care. This was one of the scenes in the book I liked.
鈥淭hey had not asked her where she was from and where she was going. They simply tendered her fed her arranged for her car to be towed for repair. it was too hard too strange for her to understand the kind of care they offered- free, without judgment or even a passing interest in who she was or where she was going.鈥�
Booker was her boyfriend and one day he suddenly leaves her saying, 鈥測ou are not the woman I want.鈥� Booker had his own troubles as his brother was murdered when he was a kid. This relationship between Bride and Booker was very unforthcoming and both of them did not divulge some secrets and which made the relationship erroneous and misleading.
There is a tone of constant sobriety throughout the book. It did not diminish for a moment for me; these modulations were not out of sight even at the moments of jubilation among the characters. This book is filled with tropes of women's sensuality, gloom and obscurity, race discrimination, and child molestation. There are also falsehood, hurt, love, and relationship issues. But I found the self-loathing and abandonment, through the Bride鈥檚 self-imposed narration, the two most dominant attributes of the entire plot. And Morrison has entwined them in a very suggestive manner.
Though I liked the book, the overall magic that I was expecting was missing. The story did not sprawl in the end. The book is fast-paced and its flow is not interrupted at any moment. It was a bit perplexing in the beginning when I tried to acquaint myself with the characters. Once I knew who was who, It kept me bound all the time. This is the sad little story of hurt and sorrow- some long ago troubles and pain, life dumped on someone鈥檚 innocent soul! But its end was comforting. I liked the mild anarchy of the plot.
January 14, 2020
Para um Mundo Pior
Deus Ajude a Crian莽a 茅 uma est贸ria a 3 cores:
Discrimina莽茫o, Pedofilia, Bullying
Quadros vivos que nos chocam e informam sobre vidas destru铆das, minadas por actos de desamor.
Uma Exposi莽茫o que nos recorda, elucida, mostra ... como se constr贸i um Mundo Pior!
Deus Ajude a Crian莽a 茅 uma est贸ria a 3 cores:
Discrimina莽茫o, Pedofilia, Bullying
Quadros vivos que nos chocam e informam sobre vidas destru铆das, minadas por actos de desamor.
Uma Exposi莽茫o que nos recorda, elucida, mostra ... como se constr贸i um Mundo Pior!
September 20, 2019
A powerful novel that asks more questions than it answers. I love how Morrison names startling and pernicious topics that influence our present society in God Help the Child, such as the privilege and glorification of whiteness as well as the horrors of child abuse and molestation. Despite its brevity, this book feels intense, as it contains so many deep emotions and fraught tensions between characters and their desires for love, peace, and acceptance. Yet, the book never feels overwrought, perhaps because of 惭辞谤谤颈蝉辞苍鈥檚 skilled writing style and her ability to make every word mean something.
Some of the questions I am still contending with upon finishing this novel: what can we do to fight the glorification and power of white skin and whiteness in general, especially after we name it as Morrison has done in this book? Can we really protect our children from evil or do we have to make peace with the possibility that they may very well be harmed in a racist, sexist, world that is oppressive in too many ways to count? What does it mean to love a child, and can we love a child completely, or are our children bound to spend their lives unpacking the damage we have dealt to them, even with our best intentions?
A great book I would recommend to Morrison fans and those who appreciate books that name race and also make you think through difficult, deep questions. I echo some of the critiques of God Help the Child that the characters lacked some interiority, at times I felt that they all represented a theme or idea which distanced me from truly connecting. I actually found Booker and his relationship with his brother Adam one of the most emotionally compelling components of the story. Here鈥檚 hoping more and more people will be bold in their writing just as Morrison was.
Some of the questions I am still contending with upon finishing this novel: what can we do to fight the glorification and power of white skin and whiteness in general, especially after we name it as Morrison has done in this book? Can we really protect our children from evil or do we have to make peace with the possibility that they may very well be harmed in a racist, sexist, world that is oppressive in too many ways to count? What does it mean to love a child, and can we love a child completely, or are our children bound to spend their lives unpacking the damage we have dealt to them, even with our best intentions?
A great book I would recommend to Morrison fans and those who appreciate books that name race and also make you think through difficult, deep questions. I echo some of the critiques of God Help the Child that the characters lacked some interiority, at times I felt that they all represented a theme or idea which distanced me from truly connecting. I actually found Booker and his relationship with his brother Adam one of the most emotionally compelling components of the story. Here鈥檚 hoping more and more people will be bold in their writing just as Morrison was.
September 9, 2015
Warning: Strong language and adult situations
God help the child sentenced to life as a character in a Toni Morisson novel. God help the child. Her fans, including my own troubled self (but not the untroubled one), know that within Morrison's work there lurks the F.U.S.T.H. The FUSTH invisibly powers the outward fling of consequence, or it magnetically calls actors back to its charged core. The Fucked-Up Shit That Happened. The Fucked-Up Shit that Happened finds itself inscribed upon her characters long before we find out what it was that happened, and just how fucked up it was.
Polite readers made no mention of how polite reviewers made little mention of her previous novel Home, which is good because it wasn't very good. It pains me to say that this one isn't either, which may have pain-related causes as Morrison endures chronic back ache such that she cannot stand for more than six minutes and she does not take pain killers. Surgery fixed it, but only for eight months.
Toni Morrison writes mystery novels. There are no detectives, investigators, trails of clues, nor any of the trappings common to that genre, but there is almost always a secret which is slowly revealed as the plot winds its way through the lives of those who have been touched by the secret, which is always a crime in some sense.
This time Morrison pulls a twist on the FUSTH, but it's there anyway, in a way, with secondary versions of the central wrongdoing promiscuously distributed throughout the story and the characters' memories. Less central characters are given their own personal taste of the FUSTH aside from the central FUSTH which might not be the kind of FUSTH we originally suspect. Yes, like mysteries, most Morrison novels can be only hazily described without spoilers.
When it comes to touchy subjects Morrison is never afraid to totally GO THERE, but in this book she doesn't do much with it once she's there. This book opens with the can of worms of intra-racial racism, or colorism, dramatizing the disdain some light-skinned African Americans have for darker-skinned people. Intensifying the touchiness is the fact that it is a mother's disdain for her daughter. Mom, or Sweetness, is quite unsweet in her pride over the fact that her own grandmother was so light-skinned that she was able to abandon her family and "pass" among white folks with a new improved life. Having an onyx baby prompts Sweetness to blame her husband's genes while he in turn suspects infidelity. But this is only tangentially related to the FUSTH.
But the strikingly dark daughter, Bride, has the last laugh: she becomes a successful executive in a cosmetics company guiding her own product line, You, Girl, on top of being so gorgeous she turns heads everywhere she goes. But in Morrison mysteries even the one who laughs last does not laugh long. Neither does this issue of skin shade last long, as its only purpose is to sharpen Bride's need for parental approval before the topic is dismissed as no longer necessary while we move from a Toni Morrison novel into Terry McMillan territory: Bride's first priority is to get her man back, to resume the vague and sketchy relationship she had with a man we barely know because Bride barely knows him and this weakness in the motivation machinery is spotted in many other characters' movements throughout. I kept asking myself Why are these people doing these things?
The only thing that is clear is that little of it has to do with either the FUSTH nor race, really, and the bafflement this inspires is not helped by some Laura Esquivel lite magical realism whose pat symbolism makes you pray the events are subjective, the product of a character's superficial mind steeped in the shallow waters of cosmetics marketing. Lesson: that's not deeply connected to authentic life. But what is?
In an amusing reversal of stories in which shallow materialistic white people are taught valuable lessons by magical black people who are more closely connected to Earth, Life, and Nature, Bride receives some rural therapy from some authentic-life whites who live not only off the grid but in an 1800's novel, the kind where if you are sick or injured as a guest somewhere, you just have to live there for a couple months. It seems almost magical that one could do this and get to know the hosts no better than on day one; they remain distant and yet therapeutic as they earnestly work through a list of homey authentic chores, becoming a quaint romantic picture of country goodness (instead of people). This is only funny with some critical distance, however, as in the novel it is utterly deadpan.
There are some bald plot problems I won't go into, ones at the quotidian logistical level, that made me wonder if Morrison's editors are too deferential. Same goes for some structural awkwardness, such as how we're introduced to a new character and her back-story begins less than twenty pages from the end of the novel, which we realize is offered in hopes that this will make us care what happens to this new person. I didn't, as the filling out of her character felt like an afterthought, and what happens to her reads like an attempt to heavy the ending with a dollop more pathos.
On just the level of plain craft, this reader found Morrison's last two novels a steep step below her previous work, and the fact that this may be because of real-life physical pain contains for me more real pathos than her last two books combined. So, in a different way, this book reminds us of something we get from so much of her writing: sometimes life really sucks.
God help the child sentenced to life as a character in a Toni Morisson novel. God help the child. Her fans, including my own troubled self (but not the untroubled one), know that within Morrison's work there lurks the F.U.S.T.H. The FUSTH invisibly powers the outward fling of consequence, or it magnetically calls actors back to its charged core. The Fucked-Up Shit That Happened. The Fucked-Up Shit that Happened finds itself inscribed upon her characters long before we find out what it was that happened, and just how fucked up it was.
Polite readers made no mention of how polite reviewers made little mention of her previous novel Home, which is good because it wasn't very good. It pains me to say that this one isn't either, which may have pain-related causes as Morrison endures chronic back ache such that she cannot stand for more than six minutes and she does not take pain killers. Surgery fixed it, but only for eight months.
Toni Morrison writes mystery novels. There are no detectives, investigators, trails of clues, nor any of the trappings common to that genre, but there is almost always a secret which is slowly revealed as the plot winds its way through the lives of those who have been touched by the secret, which is always a crime in some sense.
This time Morrison pulls a twist on the FUSTH, but it's there anyway, in a way, with secondary versions of the central wrongdoing promiscuously distributed throughout the story and the characters' memories. Less central characters are given their own personal taste of the FUSTH aside from the central FUSTH which might not be the kind of FUSTH we originally suspect. Yes, like mysteries, most Morrison novels can be only hazily described without spoilers.
When it comes to touchy subjects Morrison is never afraid to totally GO THERE, but in this book she doesn't do much with it once she's there. This book opens with the can of worms of intra-racial racism, or colorism, dramatizing the disdain some light-skinned African Americans have for darker-skinned people. Intensifying the touchiness is the fact that it is a mother's disdain for her daughter. Mom, or Sweetness, is quite unsweet in her pride over the fact that her own grandmother was so light-skinned that she was able to abandon her family and "pass" among white folks with a new improved life. Having an onyx baby prompts Sweetness to blame her husband's genes while he in turn suspects infidelity. But this is only tangentially related to the FUSTH.
But the strikingly dark daughter, Bride, has the last laugh: she becomes a successful executive in a cosmetics company guiding her own product line, You, Girl, on top of being so gorgeous she turns heads everywhere she goes. But in Morrison mysteries even the one who laughs last does not laugh long. Neither does this issue of skin shade last long, as its only purpose is to sharpen Bride's need for parental approval before the topic is dismissed as no longer necessary while we move from a Toni Morrison novel into Terry McMillan territory: Bride's first priority is to get her man back, to resume the vague and sketchy relationship she had with a man we barely know because Bride barely knows him and this weakness in the motivation machinery is spotted in many other characters' movements throughout. I kept asking myself Why are these people doing these things?
The only thing that is clear is that little of it has to do with either the FUSTH nor race, really, and the bafflement this inspires is not helped by some Laura Esquivel lite magical realism whose pat symbolism makes you pray the events are subjective, the product of a character's superficial mind steeped in the shallow waters of cosmetics marketing. Lesson: that's not deeply connected to authentic life. But what is?
In an amusing reversal of stories in which shallow materialistic white people are taught valuable lessons by magical black people who are more closely connected to Earth, Life, and Nature, Bride receives some rural therapy from some authentic-life whites who live not only off the grid but in an 1800's novel, the kind where if you are sick or injured as a guest somewhere, you just have to live there for a couple months. It seems almost magical that one could do this and get to know the hosts no better than on day one; they remain distant and yet therapeutic as they earnestly work through a list of homey authentic chores, becoming a quaint romantic picture of country goodness (instead of people). This is only funny with some critical distance, however, as in the novel it is utterly deadpan.
There are some bald plot problems I won't go into, ones at the quotidian logistical level, that made me wonder if Morrison's editors are too deferential. Same goes for some structural awkwardness, such as how we're introduced to a new character and her back-story begins less than twenty pages from the end of the novel, which we realize is offered in hopes that this will make us care what happens to this new person. I didn't, as the filling out of her character felt like an afterthought, and what happens to her reads like an attempt to heavy the ending with a dollop more pathos.
On just the level of plain craft, this reader found Morrison's last two novels a steep step below her previous work, and the fact that this may be because of real-life physical pain contains for me more real pathos than her last two books combined. So, in a different way, this book reminds us of something we get from so much of her writing: sometimes life really sucks.
June 8, 2015
2.5 bumped to 3 stars: This is a book club read. I鈥檓 not a big fan of Toni Morrison and was pleasantly surprised by this novel. What I liked best about 鈥淕od Help the Child鈥� is that Toni Morrison tackled discrimination and perceived hierarchy amongst black people. It鈥檚 there, but it鈥檚 rare that authors will tackle that subject. Along with that, I liked 惭辞谤谤颈蝉辞苍鈥檚 theme that well meaning parents can do, what some feel, are horrific emotional acts to their own children. ALL parents regret things that we did to our children, often, at the time, feeling it is for the child鈥檚 greater good. Discipline in general is difficult; however children who are NOT disciplined become nightmares. Also, parents want to prepare children for real life, which is NOT fair.
At the beginning of 惭辞谤谤颈蝉辞苍鈥檚 novel, the reader feels that Sweetness, Bride鈥檚 mother, is a horrible mother. As the reader learns through this very tiny novel, is Sweetness did all those horrible things out of love for her child鈥ell, mostly love. Some behaviors were downright mean. At the end of the novel, Sweetness does redeem herself.
All characters in this novel are damaged (aren鈥檛 we all?). What is nice is that all are survivors. Yes, despite less than perfect upbringings, the characters survive. They make the most of what was done to them; they make lemonade out of lemons.
It鈥檚 an ugly novel, yet it鈥檚 hopeful. Morrison shows how the human spirit lives and is capable of overcoming youthful ugliness. It can take awhile, but her characters make it. It鈥檚 a great title 鈥淕od Help the Child鈥�. Yes, every child has some unfairness and ugliness in their life. Through the grace of God, some find the resilience to make lemonade out of their lemons.
At the beginning of 惭辞谤谤颈蝉辞苍鈥檚 novel, the reader feels that Sweetness, Bride鈥檚 mother, is a horrible mother. As the reader learns through this very tiny novel, is Sweetness did all those horrible things out of love for her child鈥ell, mostly love. Some behaviors were downright mean. At the end of the novel, Sweetness does redeem herself.
All characters in this novel are damaged (aren鈥檛 we all?). What is nice is that all are survivors. Yes, despite less than perfect upbringings, the characters survive. They make the most of what was done to them; they make lemonade out of lemons.
It鈥檚 an ugly novel, yet it鈥檚 hopeful. Morrison shows how the human spirit lives and is capable of overcoming youthful ugliness. It can take awhile, but her characters make it. It鈥檚 a great title 鈥淕od Help the Child鈥�. Yes, every child has some unfairness and ugliness in their life. Through the grace of God, some find the resilience to make lemonade out of their lemons.
April 30, 2015
Unfortunately, this felt more like a parody of a Toni Morrison novel rather than an actual Toni Morrison novel. (In truth, it felt like a parody of a novel, period, considering it was really more like a 90pp. novella set in big type with lots of white space to bulk it up to a $25 hardcover.) Sadly, Morrison's larger than life emotions weren't heady, but maudlin; the usually legendary and mythic tenor of the events curdled into cliche. The writing felt not pitched in a heavenly key, but just overwrought....I mean, this is a book that includes the lines "her eyes were full of stars" and "she knew freedom wasn't really free" in completely non-ironic contexts.
That said, ANY Toni Morrison novel is still a cause for celebration. Why? Well first of all the woman is 84 but still cranks them out -- not just books but essays, reviews, speeches, etc., all with something vital to say if (as with this novel) slightly diminished means of saying it. I mean, God Help the Child -- she won a Nobel Prize literally a generation ago. That means, yes, there are actually people with published novels in 2015 who have never been alive in the world where the Nobel Laureates didn't include an American woman of color. How amazing is that?
More importantly, the arrival of a Toni Morrison novel means the arrival of a Toni Morrison promotional/speaking tour, and what an unmitigated joy that is. I won't link to the NYT profile of her that everyone was passing around recently, because I'm sure you read it, but I would point you to her recent writings on The Good (aka Altruism). This is a true American genius still writing truth to power and delivering it to us unfiltered and uncompromisingly. And no amount of cliched writing or slight novelistic misstep can ever diminish that.
That said, ANY Toni Morrison novel is still a cause for celebration. Why? Well first of all the woman is 84 but still cranks them out -- not just books but essays, reviews, speeches, etc., all with something vital to say if (as with this novel) slightly diminished means of saying it. I mean, God Help the Child -- she won a Nobel Prize literally a generation ago. That means, yes, there are actually people with published novels in 2015 who have never been alive in the world where the Nobel Laureates didn't include an American woman of color. How amazing is that?
More importantly, the arrival of a Toni Morrison novel means the arrival of a Toni Morrison promotional/speaking tour, and what an unmitigated joy that is. I won't link to the NYT profile of her that everyone was passing around recently, because I'm sure you read it, but I would point you to her recent writings on The Good (aka Altruism). This is a true American genius still writing truth to power and delivering it to us unfiltered and uncompromisingly. And no amount of cliched writing or slight novelistic misstep can ever diminish that.
April 23, 2015
Last month while accepting a lifetime achievement award from the National Book Critics Circle, Toni Morrison noted that back in 1970 when she published her debut novel, 鈥淭he Bluest Eye,鈥� 鈥渢he reception was slight, indifferent.鈥�
Forty-five years and one Nobel Prize later, the reception has been entirely redecorated. Her 1987 classic, 鈥淏eloved,鈥� is justly inscribed in the literary history of the 20th century; her name is regularly invoked along with Faulkner and Ellison. Her new novel, 鈥淕od Help the Child,鈥� is thundering off the press with 200,000 copies.
Now 84, when no one would blame her for concentrating on ovations and grandchildren, Morrison shows no signs of slowing her steady, productive pace. Her last three novels have been slim but formally daring and thematically ambitious. Because her latest work offers curious reflections of where she began in 鈥淭he Bluest Eye,鈥� it鈥檚 tempting to read 鈥淕od Help the Child鈥� as a capstone of her jeweled career. Once again, we have a young woman whose life is overdetermined by the pigment of her skin in a culture torn with sexual violence.
But unfortunately, 鈥淕od Help the Child鈥� carries only a faint echo of that earlier novel鈥檚 power. . . .
To read the rest of this review, go to The Washington Post:
Forty-five years and one Nobel Prize later, the reception has been entirely redecorated. Her 1987 classic, 鈥淏eloved,鈥� is justly inscribed in the literary history of the 20th century; her name is regularly invoked along with Faulkner and Ellison. Her new novel, 鈥淕od Help the Child,鈥� is thundering off the press with 200,000 copies.
Now 84, when no one would blame her for concentrating on ovations and grandchildren, Morrison shows no signs of slowing her steady, productive pace. Her last three novels have been slim but formally daring and thematically ambitious. Because her latest work offers curious reflections of where she began in 鈥淭he Bluest Eye,鈥� it鈥檚 tempting to read 鈥淕od Help the Child鈥� as a capstone of her jeweled career. Once again, we have a young woman whose life is overdetermined by the pigment of her skin in a culture torn with sexual violence.
But unfortunately, 鈥淕od Help the Child鈥� carries only a faint echo of that earlier novel鈥檚 power. . . .
To read the rest of this review, go to The Washington Post:
October 20, 2020
The theme of childhood traumatic events leaving lasting damage runs through "God Help the Child". The central figure in the book is Lulu who was rejected by her lighter skinned parents because her skin was "midnight black, Sudanese black". When she was young, Lulu makes a terrible mistake to get her mother's attention and approval. When Lulu becomes older, she works for a cosmetics firm and changes her name to Bride. The beautiful Bride embraces her dark blue-black skin, and accentuates it by always wearing white. Although she is successful in business, Bride seems like a superficial person. When her boyfriend, Booker, leaves her, she searches for him to find out the reason.
As she looks for Booker, she meets a young girl who was abused by her prostitute birth mother. She also learns of a violent event in Booker's family that haunts him. There is a bit of magical realism in the book as Bride examines her life, and feels like she is turning back into a young child physically.
The theme of childhood abuse--both emotional and physical--is an important subject to present. Toni Morrison came through with some beautiful writing as usual. Although I liked the book, I wished it was a bit longer so that the characters, especially Booker's Aunt Queen and Bride's mother, could have been seen with more depth. 3.5 stars.
As she looks for Booker, she meets a young girl who was abused by her prostitute birth mother. She also learns of a violent event in Booker's family that haunts him. There is a bit of magical realism in the book as Bride examines her life, and feels like she is turning back into a young child physically.
The theme of childhood abuse--both emotional and physical--is an important subject to present. Toni Morrison came through with some beautiful writing as usual. Although I liked the book, I wished it was a bit longer so that the characters, especially Booker's Aunt Queen and Bride's mother, could have been seen with more depth. 3.5 stars.
September 11, 2020
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廿賳 賲丕 鬲毓乇囟賷賳賴 賴賵 毓賳氐乇賷丞 賲賳 賳賵毓 丌禺乇 !
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廿賳 賲丕 鬲毓乇囟賷賳賴 賴賵 毓賳氐乇賷丞 賲賳 賳賵毓 丌禺乇 !
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July 16, 2022
A young successful beauty with skin as black as pitch, suddenly goes to meet her former teacher, whom she herself helped to put in jail. Those opportunities that fate generously poured out to Bride collapsed for her former teacher Sofia, who was forced to vegetate for a decade and a half on a government purse. What could be the reason for such a strange act? We understand from the very beginning that perjury.
And that's it, but in the novel it's like this, for the future. Well, I've got an aunt for fifteen years, so what? She then came to meet her at the prison gates with a set of cosmetics and a wad of cash. And this white fool instead of gratitude beat our black beauty in the blood - ay-ay-ay! But Bride didn't even complain about her to the police, although she could have. Soon she is completely healthy, and can again cherish childhood resentments against the fate that created her, the daughter of almost white parents, so coal-black. At their mother, who was ashamed of her black hair; at their father, who abandoned them altogether.
And I am haunted by a situation in which someone's life ruined by a conspiracy does not outweigh the suffering of the heroine about the fact that her beloved left, pubic hair disappeared, earlobes overgrown, and her chest became flat. And when they reunited, everything came back - Hooray! And you don't have to worry about the unfortunate teacher - she's just white (so by definition a racist).
Political correctness, brought to the point of absurdity, does not guarantee even a great writer from strange books.
效械褉薪邪褟 薪械胁械褋褌a
携, 褋芯胁械褉褕械薪薪芯 锌芯褌械褉褟胁 褋邪屑芯芯斜谢邪写邪薪懈械, 写芯 锌芯谢褍褋屑械褉褌懈 懈蟹斜懈谢邪 褔械褉薪芯泻芯卸褍褞 写械胁褔芯薪泻褍, 泻芯褌芯褉邪褟 褋胁懈写械褌械谢褜褋褌胁芯胁邪谢邪 锌褉芯褌懈胁 屑械薪褟 胁 褋褍写械. 携 斜懈谢邪 械械 懈 薪芯谐邪屑懈, 懈 泻褍谢邪泻邪屑懈, 懈, 泻邪泻 薪懈 褋褌褉邪薪薪芯, 褝褌芯 锌芯写邪褉懈谢芯 屑薪械 泻褍写邪 斜芯谢械械 芯褖褍褌懈屑芯械 褔褍胁褋褌胁芯 褋胁芯斜芯写褘, 褔械屑 锌芯谢褍褔械薪懈械 校袛袨.
袣褌芯 薪械 胁褘薪芯褋懈褌 褋锌芯泄谢械褉芯胁 - 薪械 褔懈褌邪泄褌械. 袧械 褌芯, 褔褌芯 褋械泄褔邪褋 斜褍写械褌 泻邪泻芯泄-褌芯 褋芯胁褋械屑 谢褞褌褘泄, 薪械 薪邪写芯 斜褘褌褜 褋械屑懈 锌褟写械泄 胁芯 谢斜褍, 褔褌芯斜褘 褋谢芯卸懈褌褜 写胁邪 懈 写胁邪 懈 锌芯薪褟褌褜, 褔褌芯 屑芯谢芯写邪褟 褍褋锌械褕薪邪褟 卸械薪褖懈薪邪 械写械褌 胁褋褌褉械褔邪褌褜 褋 锌芯写邪褉泻邪屑懈 懈 写械薪械卸薪褘屑 泻芯薪胁械褉褌芯屑 芯褋胁芯斜芯卸写械薪薪褍褞 锌芯 校袛袨 褍蟹薪懈褑褍 薪械 懈蟹 邪谢褜褌褉褍懈褋褌懈褔械褋泻懈褏 锌芯斜褍卸写械薪懈泄. 孝械屑 斜芯谢械械, 卸械薪褖懈薪褍, 锌褉芯褌懈胁 泻芯褌芯褉芯泄 褉械斜械薪泻芯屑 褋胁懈写械褌械谢褜褋褌胁芯胁邪谢邪 胁 褋褍写械 锌褟褌薪邪写褑邪褌褜 谢械褌 薪邪蟹邪写.
袧邪 褋褍写械斜薪芯屑 锌褉芯褑械褋褋械 褍褔懈褌械谢械泄-锌械写芯褎懈谢芯胁, 泻芯褌芯褉褘泄 锌褉械卸写械 泻褌芯-褌芯 写芯谢卸械薪 斜褘谢 懈薪懈褑懈懈褉芯胁邪褌褜, 褌邪泻? 孝芯 械褋褌褜, 薪械 斜褘胁邪械褌 卸械. 褔褌芯斜褘 写芯薪芯褋 懈 褋褉邪蟹褍 褋褍写 褋 胁褘薪械褋械薪懈械屑 褋褉芯泻邪 胁 写胁邪写褑邪褌褜 锌褟褌褜 谢械褌? 小薪邪褔邪谢邪 褋谢械写褋褌胁械薪薪褘械 写械泄褋褌胁懈褟 褋芯 褋斜芯褉芯屑 写芯泻邪蟹邪褌械谢褜褋褌胁, 褍谢懈泻 懈 胁褋褟泻芯谐芯 褌邪泻芯谐芯, 锌芯褌芯屑 芯蟹薪邪泻芯屑谢械薪懈械 芯斜胁懈薪褟械屑芯谐芯 褋 写械谢芯屑, 褋褍写械斜薪褘械 褋谢褍褕邪薪懈褟, 褋胁懈写械褌械谢褜褋泻懈械 锌芯泻邪蟹邪薪懈褟. 效褌芯斜褘 胁芯褌 褌邪泻 胁褘褕谢邪 写械胁芯褔泻邪, 褌泻薪褍谢邪 锌邪谢褜褔懈泻芯屑: 胁懈写械谢邪, 屑芯谢, 泻邪泻 芯薪懈 写械谢邪谢懈 褋 写械褌褜屑懈 褝褌懈 谐邪写芯褋褌懈 - 懈 邪谐邪! 孝邪泻芯械 胁褉褟写 谢懈 屑芯谐谢芯 斜褘褌褜 写邪卸械 胁 褋胁械褉褏芯蟹邪斜芯褔械薪薪芯泄 蟹邪褖懈褌芯泄 写械褌械泄 芯褌 锌械写芯褎懈谢芯胁 袗屑械褉懈泻械?
袩芯褌芯屑褍 褔褌芯 写谢褟 邪屑械褉懈泻邪薪褋泻芯泄 屑械薪褌邪谢褜薪芯褋褌懈 写械褌芯褑械薪褌褉懈蟹屑 懈 斜械蟹芯锌邪褋薪芯褋褌褜 写械褌械泄 斜芯谢褜薪邪褟 懈 褋泻胁芯蟹薪邪褟 褌械屑邪. 袧邪褔懈薪邪褟 褋 "袩褉懈泻谢褞褔械薪懈泄 袚械泻谢褜斜械褉懈 肖懈薪薪邪", 懈蟹 泻芯褌芯褉褘褏 胁褘褕谢邪 胁褋褟 邪屑械褉懈泻邪薪褋泻邪褟 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉邪, 褔械褉械蟹 啸邪褉锌械褉 袥懈, 孝褉褍懈械薪邪 袣邪锌芯褌械, 小褌懈胁械薪邪 袣懈薪谐邪, 啸邪薪褜褞 携薪邪谐懈褏邪褉褍 - 褋褌芯褟薪懈械 薪邪 褉卸邪薪芯屑 锌芯谢械 薪邪写 芯斜褉褘胁芯屑 懈 谢芯胁谢褟 懈谐褉邪褞褖懈褏 薪邪 薪械屑 写械褌懈褕械泻, 泻芯褌芯褉褘械 褋谢懈褕泻芯屑 斜谢懈蟹泻芯 锌芯写斜械谐邪褞褌 泻 泻褉邪褞 - 芯褋薪芯胁芯锌芯谢邪谐邪褞褖邪褟 懈写械褟.
孝邪泻 胁芯褌. 胁芯蟹胁褉邪褖邪褟褋褜 泻 泻薪懈谐械 懈 械械 谐械褉芯懈薪械. 袦芯谢芯写邪褟 褍褋锌械褕薪邪褟 泻褉邪褋邪胁懈褑邪 褋 泻芯卸械泄 褔械褉薪芯泄 泻邪泻 褋屑芯谢褜, 胁薪械蟹邪锌薪芯 械写械褌 胁褋褌褉械褔邪褌褜 薪邪 褋胁芯械屑 锌懈卸芯薪褋泻芯屑 邪胁褌芯 褌械褌泻褍, 斜褘胁褕褍褞 褍褔懈褌械谢褜薪懈褑褍, 泻芯褌芯褉褍褞 褋邪屑邪 卸械 懈 锌芯屑芯谐谢邪 蟹邪褋邪写懈褌褜. 孝械 胁芯蟹屑芯卸薪芯褋褌懈 泻芯褌芯褉褘械 褋褍写褜斜邪 褖械写褉芯 芯褌褋褘锌邪谢邪 袘褉邪泄写 褋褏谢芯锌薪褍谢懈褋褜 写谢褟 械械 斜褘胁褕械泄 褍褔懈褌械谢褜薪懈褑褘 小芯褎懈懈, 胁褘薪褍卸写械薪薪芯泄 锌褉芯蟹褟斜邪褌褜 锌芯谢褌芯褉邪 写械褋褟褌泻邪 谢械褌 薪邪 泻邪蟹械薪薪芯屑 泻芯褕褌械. 效褌芯 屑芯谐谢芯 斜褘 锌芯褋谢褍卸懈褌褜 锌褉懈褔懈薪芯泄 褌邪泻芯谐芯 褋褌褉邪薪薪芯谐芯 锌芯褋褌褍锌泻邪? 袦褘 褋 褋邪屑芯谐芯 薪邪褔邪谢邪 锌芯薪懈屑邪械屑, 褔褌芯 谢卸械褋胁懈写械褌械谢褜褋褌胁芯.
袠 胁芯褌 褝褌芯 写邪薪芯 胁 褉芯屑邪薪械 褌邪泻, 胁锌褉芯斜褉芯褋. 袧褍 蟹邪泻芯薪芯锌邪褌懈谢邪 褌械褌泻褍 薪邪 锌褟褌薪邪写褑邪褌褜 谢械褌, 薪褍 懈 褔褌芯? 袨薪邪 卸械 锌芯褌芯屑 锌褉懈械褏邪谢邪 胁褋褌褉械褔邪褌褜 械械 泻 胁芯褉芯褌邪屑 褌褞褉褜屑褘 褋 薪邪斜芯褉芯屑 泻芯褋屑械褌懈泻懈 懈 锌邪褔泻芯泄 薪邪谢懈褔薪褘褏. 袗 褝褌邪 斜械谢邪褟 写褍褉懈褖邪 胁屑械褋褌芯 斜谢邪谐芯写邪褉薪芯褋褌懈 懈蟹斜懈谢邪 薪邪褕褍 褔械褉薪褍褞 泻褉邪褋邪胁懈褑褍 胁 泻褉芯胁褜 - 邪泄-邪泄-邪泄! 袧芯 袘褉邪泄写 写邪卸械 薪械 褋褌邪谢邪 卸邪谢芯胁邪褌褜褋褟 薪邪 薪械械 胁 锌芯谢懈褑懈褞, 褏芯褌褟 屑芯谐谢邪 斜褘. 袙褋泻芯褉械 芯薪邪 褋芯胁褋械屑 蟹写芯褉芯胁邪, 懈 屑芯卸械褌 褋薪芯胁邪 谢械谢械褟褌褜 写械褌褋泻懈械 芯斜懈写褘 薪邪 褋褍写褜斜褍, 褋芯褌胁芯褉懈胁褕褍褞 械械, 写芯褔褜 锌褉邪泻褌懈褔械褋泻懈 斜械谢褘褏 褉芯写懈褌械谢械泄, 褌邪泻芯泄 褍谐芯谢褜薪芯-褔械褉薪芯泄. 袧邪 屑邪褌褜, 泻芯褌芯褉邪褟 褋褌褘写懈谢邪褋褜 褋胁芯械泄 褔械褉薪褍褕泻懈; 薪邪 芯褌褑邪, 泻芯褌芯褉褘泄 胁芯胁褋械 斜褉芯褋懈谢 懈褏.
袗 泻芯谐写邪 袘褉邪泄写 胁 锌邪褉芯泻褋懈蟹屑械 芯褌泻褉芯胁械薪薪芯褋褌懈 褉邪褋褋泻邪卸械褌 芯斜 邪褌褌褉邪泻褑懈芯薪械 薪械褋谢褘褏邪薪薪芯泄 写芯斜褉芯褌褘 谢褞斜懈屑芯屑褍 袘褍泻械褉褍 (锌芯蟹邪斜褘胁 写芯斜邪胁懈褌褜, 褔褌芯 斜械写薪褍褞 卸械薪褖懈薪褍 芯薪邪 芯泻谢械胁械褌邪谢邪, 褔褌芯斜褘 写芯斜懈褌褜褋褟 胁薪懈屑邪薪懈褟 屑邪褌械褉懈, 懈 锌芯褌芯屑褍 褔褌芯 锌褉械卸写械 斜褘谢邪 褋胁懈写械褌械谢褜薪懈褑械泄 懈蟹薪邪褋懈谢芯胁邪薪懈褟 锌芯写褉芯褋褌泻邪 懈褏 泻胁邪褉褌懈褉薪褘屑 褏芯蟹褟懈薪芯屑, 薪芯 褌芯谐写邪 薪械 褋屑芯谐谢邪 薪懈褔械谐芯 褉邪褋褋泻邪蟹邪褌褜, 锌芯褌芯屑褍 褔褌芯 屑邪褌褜 蟹邪锌褉械褌懈谢邪 械泄 懈蟹 褋褌褉邪褏邪 褔褌芯 芯薪懈 薪械 褋屑芯谐褍褌 薪邪泄褌懈 褌邪泻芯械 卸械 写械褕械胁芯械 卸懈谢褜械) 孝邪泻 胁芯褌, 泻芯谐写邪 芯薪邪 褉邪褋褋泻邪卸械褌 褋胁芯械屑褍 褔械褉薪芯屑褍 锌芯谢褍斜芯谐褍 袘褍泻械褉褍, 褌芯褌 锌褉芯褋褌芯 斜褉芯褋懈褌 械械, 锌芯褌芯屑褍 褔褌芯 薪械谢褜蟹褟 斜褘褌褜 写芯斜褉褘屑 褋 褌邪泻懈屑懈.
袙芯芯斜褖械, 泻芯谢懈褔械褋褌胁芯 锌械写芯褎懈谢芯胁 懈 写械褌械泄, 褋褌邪胁褕懈褏 卸械褉褌胁邪屑懈 薪邪褋懈谢懈褟 胁 褉芯屑邪薪械 蟹邪褕泻邪谢懈胁邪械褌: 褍 袘褍泻械褉邪 芯褌 褉褍泻 褌邪泻芯谐芯 屑械褉蟹邪胁褑邪 锌芯谐懈斜 斜褉邪褌 (懈 械褖械 写械褋褟褌褜 写械褌械泄); 屑邪谢械薪褜泻邪褟 袥褍谢褍 袦褝泄 胁懈写懈褌 懈蟹薪邪褋懈谢芯胁邪薪懈械 褉械斜械薪泻邪 (褔褌芯, 锌褉褟屑芯 薪邪 褍谢懈褑械?); 写械胁芯褔泻褍 袪械泄薪, 泻芯褌芯褉邪褟 褋斜械卸邪谢邪 懈蟹 写芯屑邪 懈 斜褘谢邪 褍写芯褔械褉械薪邪 锌邪褉芯泄 写芯斜褉褘褏 褏懈锌锌懈, 锌褉芯写邪胁邪谢邪 褉芯写薪邪褟 屑邪褌褜. 袪械邪谢褜薪芯, 泻邪卸械褌褋褟, 锌谢褞薪褜 - 锌芯锌邪写械褕褜 胁 懈蟹胁褉邪褖械薪褑邪. 袙邪屑 薪械 泻邪卸械褌褋褟, 褔褌芯 褝褌芯 褔械褉械褋褔褍褉? 袦薪械 - 写邪.
袠 屑薪械 薪械 写邪械褌 锌芯泻芯褟 褋懈褌褍邪褑懈褟, 胁 泻芯褌芯褉芯泄 褔褜褟-褌芯 蟹邪谐褍斜谢械薪薪邪褟 芯谐芯胁芯褉芯屑 卸懈蟹薪褜 薪械 锌械褉械胁械褕懈胁邪械褌 褋褌褉邪写邪薪懈泄 谐械褉芯懈薪懈 锌芯 锌芯胁芯写褍 褌芯谐芯, 褔褌芯 谢褞斜懈屑褘泄 斜褉芯褋懈谢, 胁芯谢芯褋褘 薪邪 谢芯斜泻械 懈褋褔械蟹谢懈, 屑芯褔泻懈 褍褕械泄 蟹邪褉芯褋谢懈, 邪 谐褉褍写褜 褋写械谢邪谢邪褋褜 锌谢芯褋泻芯泄. 袗 泻芯谐写邪 芯薪懈 胁芯褋褋芯械写懈薪懈谢懈褋褜 , 胁褋械 胁械褉薪褍谢芯褋褜 - 校褉邪! 袠 屑芯卸薪芯 薪械 锌邪褉懈褌褜褋褟 锌芯 锌芯胁芯写褍 薪械褋褔邪褋褌薪芯泄 褍褔懈谢泻懈 - 芯薪邪 卸械 胁褋械谐芯 谢懈褕褜 斜械谢邪褟 (蟹薪邪褔懈褌 锌芯 芯锌褉械写械谢械薪懈褞 褉邪褋懈褋褌泻邪).
袩芯谢懈褌泻芯褉褉械泻褌薪芯褋褌褜, 写芯胁械写械薪薪邪褟 写芯 邪斜褋褍褉写邪 写邪卸械 胁械谢懈泻芯谐芯 锌懈褋邪褌械谢褟 薪械 谐邪褉邪薪褌懈褉褍械褌 芯褌 褋褌褉邪薪薪褘褏 泻薪懈谐.
And that's it, but in the novel it's like this, for the future. Well, I've got an aunt for fifteen years, so what? She then came to meet her at the prison gates with a set of cosmetics and a wad of cash. And this white fool instead of gratitude beat our black beauty in the blood - ay-ay-ay! But Bride didn't even complain about her to the police, although she could have. Soon she is completely healthy, and can again cherish childhood resentments against the fate that created her, the daughter of almost white parents, so coal-black. At their mother, who was ashamed of her black hair; at their father, who abandoned them altogether.
And I am haunted by a situation in which someone's life ruined by a conspiracy does not outweigh the suffering of the heroine about the fact that her beloved left, pubic hair disappeared, earlobes overgrown, and her chest became flat. And when they reunited, everything came back - Hooray! And you don't have to worry about the unfortunate teacher - she's just white (so by definition a racist).
Political correctness, brought to the point of absurdity, does not guarantee even a great writer from strange books.
效械褉薪邪褟 薪械胁械褋褌a
携, 褋芯胁械褉褕械薪薪芯 锌芯褌械褉褟胁 褋邪屑芯芯斜谢邪写邪薪懈械, 写芯 锌芯谢褍褋屑械褉褌懈 懈蟹斜懈谢邪 褔械褉薪芯泻芯卸褍褞 写械胁褔芯薪泻褍, 泻芯褌芯褉邪褟 褋胁懈写械褌械谢褜褋褌胁芯胁邪谢邪 锌褉芯褌懈胁 屑械薪褟 胁 褋褍写械. 携 斜懈谢邪 械械 懈 薪芯谐邪屑懈, 懈 泻褍谢邪泻邪屑懈, 懈, 泻邪泻 薪懈 褋褌褉邪薪薪芯, 褝褌芯 锌芯写邪褉懈谢芯 屑薪械 泻褍写邪 斜芯谢械械 芯褖褍褌懈屑芯械 褔褍胁褋褌胁芯 褋胁芯斜芯写褘, 褔械屑 锌芯谢褍褔械薪懈械 校袛袨.
袣褌芯 薪械 胁褘薪芯褋懈褌 褋锌芯泄谢械褉芯胁 - 薪械 褔懈褌邪泄褌械. 袧械 褌芯, 褔褌芯 褋械泄褔邪褋 斜褍写械褌 泻邪泻芯泄-褌芯 褋芯胁褋械屑 谢褞褌褘泄, 薪械 薪邪写芯 斜褘褌褜 褋械屑懈 锌褟写械泄 胁芯 谢斜褍, 褔褌芯斜褘 褋谢芯卸懈褌褜 写胁邪 懈 写胁邪 懈 锌芯薪褟褌褜, 褔褌芯 屑芯谢芯写邪褟 褍褋锌械褕薪邪褟 卸械薪褖懈薪邪 械写械褌 胁褋褌褉械褔邪褌褜 褋 锌芯写邪褉泻邪屑懈 懈 写械薪械卸薪褘屑 泻芯薪胁械褉褌芯屑 芯褋胁芯斜芯卸写械薪薪褍褞 锌芯 校袛袨 褍蟹薪懈褑褍 薪械 懈蟹 邪谢褜褌褉褍懈褋褌懈褔械褋泻懈褏 锌芯斜褍卸写械薪懈泄. 孝械屑 斜芯谢械械, 卸械薪褖懈薪褍, 锌褉芯褌懈胁 泻芯褌芯褉芯泄 褉械斜械薪泻芯屑 褋胁懈写械褌械谢褜褋褌胁芯胁邪谢邪 胁 褋褍写械 锌褟褌薪邪写褑邪褌褜 谢械褌 薪邪蟹邪写.
袧邪 褋褍写械斜薪芯屑 锌褉芯褑械褋褋械 褍褔懈褌械谢械泄-锌械写芯褎懈谢芯胁, 泻芯褌芯褉褘泄 锌褉械卸写械 泻褌芯-褌芯 写芯谢卸械薪 斜褘谢 懈薪懈褑懈懈褉芯胁邪褌褜, 褌邪泻? 孝芯 械褋褌褜, 薪械 斜褘胁邪械褌 卸械. 褔褌芯斜褘 写芯薪芯褋 懈 褋褉邪蟹褍 褋褍写 褋 胁褘薪械褋械薪懈械屑 褋褉芯泻邪 胁 写胁邪写褑邪褌褜 锌褟褌褜 谢械褌? 小薪邪褔邪谢邪 褋谢械写褋褌胁械薪薪褘械 写械泄褋褌胁懈褟 褋芯 褋斜芯褉芯屑 写芯泻邪蟹邪褌械谢褜褋褌胁, 褍谢懈泻 懈 胁褋褟泻芯谐芯 褌邪泻芯谐芯, 锌芯褌芯屑 芯蟹薪邪泻芯屑谢械薪懈械 芯斜胁懈薪褟械屑芯谐芯 褋 写械谢芯屑, 褋褍写械斜薪褘械 褋谢褍褕邪薪懈褟, 褋胁懈写械褌械谢褜褋泻懈械 锌芯泻邪蟹邪薪懈褟. 效褌芯斜褘 胁芯褌 褌邪泻 胁褘褕谢邪 写械胁芯褔泻邪, 褌泻薪褍谢邪 锌邪谢褜褔懈泻芯屑: 胁懈写械谢邪, 屑芯谢, 泻邪泻 芯薪懈 写械谢邪谢懈 褋 写械褌褜屑懈 褝褌懈 谐邪写芯褋褌懈 - 懈 邪谐邪! 孝邪泻芯械 胁褉褟写 谢懈 屑芯谐谢芯 斜褘褌褜 写邪卸械 胁 褋胁械褉褏芯蟹邪斜芯褔械薪薪芯泄 蟹邪褖懈褌芯泄 写械褌械泄 芯褌 锌械写芯褎懈谢芯胁 袗屑械褉懈泻械?
袩芯褌芯屑褍 褔褌芯 写谢褟 邪屑械褉懈泻邪薪褋泻芯泄 屑械薪褌邪谢褜薪芯褋褌懈 写械褌芯褑械薪褌褉懈蟹屑 懈 斜械蟹芯锌邪褋薪芯褋褌褜 写械褌械泄 斜芯谢褜薪邪褟 懈 褋泻胁芯蟹薪邪褟 褌械屑邪. 袧邪褔懈薪邪褟 褋 "袩褉懈泻谢褞褔械薪懈泄 袚械泻谢褜斜械褉懈 肖懈薪薪邪", 懈蟹 泻芯褌芯褉褘褏 胁褘褕谢邪 胁褋褟 邪屑械褉懈泻邪薪褋泻邪褟 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉邪, 褔械褉械蟹 啸邪褉锌械褉 袥懈, 孝褉褍懈械薪邪 袣邪锌芯褌械, 小褌懈胁械薪邪 袣懈薪谐邪, 啸邪薪褜褞 携薪邪谐懈褏邪褉褍 - 褋褌芯褟薪懈械 薪邪 褉卸邪薪芯屑 锌芯谢械 薪邪写 芯斜褉褘胁芯屑 懈 谢芯胁谢褟 懈谐褉邪褞褖懈褏 薪邪 薪械屑 写械褌懈褕械泻, 泻芯褌芯褉褘械 褋谢懈褕泻芯屑 斜谢懈蟹泻芯 锌芯写斜械谐邪褞褌 泻 泻褉邪褞 - 芯褋薪芯胁芯锌芯谢邪谐邪褞褖邪褟 懈写械褟.
孝邪泻 胁芯褌. 胁芯蟹胁褉邪褖邪褟褋褜 泻 泻薪懈谐械 懈 械械 谐械褉芯懈薪械. 袦芯谢芯写邪褟 褍褋锌械褕薪邪褟 泻褉邪褋邪胁懈褑邪 褋 泻芯卸械泄 褔械褉薪芯泄 泻邪泻 褋屑芯谢褜, 胁薪械蟹邪锌薪芯 械写械褌 胁褋褌褉械褔邪褌褜 薪邪 褋胁芯械屑 锌懈卸芯薪褋泻芯屑 邪胁褌芯 褌械褌泻褍, 斜褘胁褕褍褞 褍褔懈褌械谢褜薪懈褑褍, 泻芯褌芯褉褍褞 褋邪屑邪 卸械 懈 锌芯屑芯谐谢邪 蟹邪褋邪写懈褌褜. 孝械 胁芯蟹屑芯卸薪芯褋褌懈 泻芯褌芯褉褘械 褋褍写褜斜邪 褖械写褉芯 芯褌褋褘锌邪谢邪 袘褉邪泄写 褋褏谢芯锌薪褍谢懈褋褜 写谢褟 械械 斜褘胁褕械泄 褍褔懈褌械谢褜薪懈褑褘 小芯褎懈懈, 胁褘薪褍卸写械薪薪芯泄 锌褉芯蟹褟斜邪褌褜 锌芯谢褌芯褉邪 写械褋褟褌泻邪 谢械褌 薪邪 泻邪蟹械薪薪芯屑 泻芯褕褌械. 效褌芯 屑芯谐谢芯 斜褘 锌芯褋谢褍卸懈褌褜 锌褉懈褔懈薪芯泄 褌邪泻芯谐芯 褋褌褉邪薪薪芯谐芯 锌芯褋褌褍锌泻邪? 袦褘 褋 褋邪屑芯谐芯 薪邪褔邪谢邪 锌芯薪懈屑邪械屑, 褔褌芯 谢卸械褋胁懈写械褌械谢褜褋褌胁芯.
袠 胁芯褌 褝褌芯 写邪薪芯 胁 褉芯屑邪薪械 褌邪泻, 胁锌褉芯斜褉芯褋. 袧褍 蟹邪泻芯薪芯锌邪褌懈谢邪 褌械褌泻褍 薪邪 锌褟褌薪邪写褑邪褌褜 谢械褌, 薪褍 懈 褔褌芯? 袨薪邪 卸械 锌芯褌芯屑 锌褉懈械褏邪谢邪 胁褋褌褉械褔邪褌褜 械械 泻 胁芯褉芯褌邪屑 褌褞褉褜屑褘 褋 薪邪斜芯褉芯屑 泻芯褋屑械褌懈泻懈 懈 锌邪褔泻芯泄 薪邪谢懈褔薪褘褏. 袗 褝褌邪 斜械谢邪褟 写褍褉懈褖邪 胁屑械褋褌芯 斜谢邪谐芯写邪褉薪芯褋褌懈 懈蟹斜懈谢邪 薪邪褕褍 褔械褉薪褍褞 泻褉邪褋邪胁懈褑褍 胁 泻褉芯胁褜 - 邪泄-邪泄-邪泄! 袧芯 袘褉邪泄写 写邪卸械 薪械 褋褌邪谢邪 卸邪谢芯胁邪褌褜褋褟 薪邪 薪械械 胁 锌芯谢懈褑懈褞, 褏芯褌褟 屑芯谐谢邪 斜褘. 袙褋泻芯褉械 芯薪邪 褋芯胁褋械屑 蟹写芯褉芯胁邪, 懈 屑芯卸械褌 褋薪芯胁邪 谢械谢械褟褌褜 写械褌褋泻懈械 芯斜懈写褘 薪邪 褋褍写褜斜褍, 褋芯褌胁芯褉懈胁褕褍褞 械械, 写芯褔褜 锌褉邪泻褌懈褔械褋泻懈 斜械谢褘褏 褉芯写懈褌械谢械泄, 褌邪泻芯泄 褍谐芯谢褜薪芯-褔械褉薪芯泄. 袧邪 屑邪褌褜, 泻芯褌芯褉邪褟 褋褌褘写懈谢邪褋褜 褋胁芯械泄 褔械褉薪褍褕泻懈; 薪邪 芯褌褑邪, 泻芯褌芯褉褘泄 胁芯胁褋械 斜褉芯褋懈谢 懈褏.
袗 泻芯谐写邪 袘褉邪泄写 胁 锌邪褉芯泻褋懈蟹屑械 芯褌泻褉芯胁械薪薪芯褋褌懈 褉邪褋褋泻邪卸械褌 芯斜 邪褌褌褉邪泻褑懈芯薪械 薪械褋谢褘褏邪薪薪芯泄 写芯斜褉芯褌褘 谢褞斜懈屑芯屑褍 袘褍泻械褉褍 (锌芯蟹邪斜褘胁 写芯斜邪胁懈褌褜, 褔褌芯 斜械写薪褍褞 卸械薪褖懈薪褍 芯薪邪 芯泻谢械胁械褌邪谢邪, 褔褌芯斜褘 写芯斜懈褌褜褋褟 胁薪懈屑邪薪懈褟 屑邪褌械褉懈, 懈 锌芯褌芯屑褍 褔褌芯 锌褉械卸写械 斜褘谢邪 褋胁懈写械褌械谢褜薪懈褑械泄 懈蟹薪邪褋懈谢芯胁邪薪懈褟 锌芯写褉芯褋褌泻邪 懈褏 泻胁邪褉褌懈褉薪褘屑 褏芯蟹褟懈薪芯屑, 薪芯 褌芯谐写邪 薪械 褋屑芯谐谢邪 薪懈褔械谐芯 褉邪褋褋泻邪蟹邪褌褜, 锌芯褌芯屑褍 褔褌芯 屑邪褌褜 蟹邪锌褉械褌懈谢邪 械泄 懈蟹 褋褌褉邪褏邪 褔褌芯 芯薪懈 薪械 褋屑芯谐褍褌 薪邪泄褌懈 褌邪泻芯械 卸械 写械褕械胁芯械 卸懈谢褜械) 孝邪泻 胁芯褌, 泻芯谐写邪 芯薪邪 褉邪褋褋泻邪卸械褌 褋胁芯械屑褍 褔械褉薪芯屑褍 锌芯谢褍斜芯谐褍 袘褍泻械褉褍, 褌芯褌 锌褉芯褋褌芯 斜褉芯褋懈褌 械械, 锌芯褌芯屑褍 褔褌芯 薪械谢褜蟹褟 斜褘褌褜 写芯斜褉褘屑 褋 褌邪泻懈屑懈.
袙芯芯斜褖械, 泻芯谢懈褔械褋褌胁芯 锌械写芯褎懈谢芯胁 懈 写械褌械泄, 褋褌邪胁褕懈褏 卸械褉褌胁邪屑懈 薪邪褋懈谢懈褟 胁 褉芯屑邪薪械 蟹邪褕泻邪谢懈胁邪械褌: 褍 袘褍泻械褉邪 芯褌 褉褍泻 褌邪泻芯谐芯 屑械褉蟹邪胁褑邪 锌芯谐懈斜 斜褉邪褌 (懈 械褖械 写械褋褟褌褜 写械褌械泄); 屑邪谢械薪褜泻邪褟 袥褍谢褍 袦褝泄 胁懈写懈褌 懈蟹薪邪褋懈谢芯胁邪薪懈械 褉械斜械薪泻邪 (褔褌芯, 锌褉褟屑芯 薪邪 褍谢懈褑械?); 写械胁芯褔泻褍 袪械泄薪, 泻芯褌芯褉邪褟 褋斜械卸邪谢邪 懈蟹 写芯屑邪 懈 斜褘谢邪 褍写芯褔械褉械薪邪 锌邪褉芯泄 写芯斜褉褘褏 褏懈锌锌懈, 锌褉芯写邪胁邪谢邪 褉芯写薪邪褟 屑邪褌褜. 袪械邪谢褜薪芯, 泻邪卸械褌褋褟, 锌谢褞薪褜 - 锌芯锌邪写械褕褜 胁 懈蟹胁褉邪褖械薪褑邪. 袙邪屑 薪械 泻邪卸械褌褋褟, 褔褌芯 褝褌芯 褔械褉械褋褔褍褉? 袦薪械 - 写邪.
袠 屑薪械 薪械 写邪械褌 锌芯泻芯褟 褋懈褌褍邪褑懈褟, 胁 泻芯褌芯褉芯泄 褔褜褟-褌芯 蟹邪谐褍斜谢械薪薪邪褟 芯谐芯胁芯褉芯屑 卸懈蟹薪褜 薪械 锌械褉械胁械褕懈胁邪械褌 褋褌褉邪写邪薪懈泄 谐械褉芯懈薪懈 锌芯 锌芯胁芯写褍 褌芯谐芯, 褔褌芯 谢褞斜懈屑褘泄 斜褉芯褋懈谢, 胁芯谢芯褋褘 薪邪 谢芯斜泻械 懈褋褔械蟹谢懈, 屑芯褔泻懈 褍褕械泄 蟹邪褉芯褋谢懈, 邪 谐褉褍写褜 褋写械谢邪谢邪褋褜 锌谢芯褋泻芯泄. 袗 泻芯谐写邪 芯薪懈 胁芯褋褋芯械写懈薪懈谢懈褋褜 , 胁褋械 胁械褉薪褍谢芯褋褜 - 校褉邪! 袠 屑芯卸薪芯 薪械 锌邪褉懈褌褜褋褟 锌芯 锌芯胁芯写褍 薪械褋褔邪褋褌薪芯泄 褍褔懈谢泻懈 - 芯薪邪 卸械 胁褋械谐芯 谢懈褕褜 斜械谢邪褟 (蟹薪邪褔懈褌 锌芯 芯锌褉械写械谢械薪懈褞 褉邪褋懈褋褌泻邪).
袩芯谢懈褌泻芯褉褉械泻褌薪芯褋褌褜, 写芯胁械写械薪薪邪褟 写芯 邪斜褋褍褉写邪 写邪卸械 胁械谢懈泻芯谐芯 锌懈褋邪褌械谢褟 薪械 谐邪褉邪薪褌懈褉褍械褌 芯褌 褋褌褉邪薪薪褘褏 泻薪懈谐.
January 27, 2018
Giving a Toni Morrison book only 3 stars seems ridiculous in light of some of the 4 and 5 star ratings I've doled out. What I'm saying is, Morrison can write the pants off of most writers. Whether you like her stuff/style or not, it must be admitted that the woman can string together one word after another in a very pleasing manner.
Having said that, God Help the Child did not enthrall me as others of hers have. I'm not 100% sure why. There could be a number reasons, here are some of them:
There weren't too many characters in this one that I particularly liked. Most were repulsive in some way shape or form, at least the main characters, of which there are nearly a half dozen. It's not that Morrison did a poor job creating them, it's that she did too good a job and by chance I'm not a fan of who these people are.
Another issue might be that I prefer Morrison's stories when they're set in the past. This one was her most modern setting yet, out of the books of hers that I've read. I love when she sets the scenes of days past. She does it so well and her style meshes with bygone eras like peanut butter and chocolate.
The subject matter here -child molestation- is particularly hard reading. The characters may be fictional, but that doesn't lessen the kick-to-the-gut feeling you get every time the narrative focuses on the subject.
All in all, it's a tough read. Certainly not bad, just tough for the aforementioned reasons.
Having said that, God Help the Child did not enthrall me as others of hers have. I'm not 100% sure why. There could be a number reasons, here are some of them:
There weren't too many characters in this one that I particularly liked. Most were repulsive in some way shape or form, at least the main characters, of which there are nearly a half dozen. It's not that Morrison did a poor job creating them, it's that she did too good a job and by chance I'm not a fan of who these people are.
Another issue might be that I prefer Morrison's stories when they're set in the past. This one was her most modern setting yet, out of the books of hers that I've read. I love when she sets the scenes of days past. She does it so well and her style meshes with bygone eras like peanut butter and chocolate.
The subject matter here -child molestation- is particularly hard reading. The characters may be fictional, but that doesn't lessen the kick-to-the-gut feeling you get every time the narrative focuses on the subject.
All in all, it's a tough read. Certainly not bad, just tough for the aforementioned reasons.
June 3, 2016
update:
I love that so many other reviewers share my sentiments that it feels eerily wrong rating a Toni Morrison novel less than 4 stars or not singing her praises. Many people also mentioned that, we'll give her a break she is 84 years old still writing a novel and living her dream. True. I guess I didn't take that into consideration. I was wondering why her later novels have been short and underdeveloped. the woman is 8 decades old plus some change so the fact that I was expecting Beloved or The bluest Eyes was foolish on my part.
This is by far my least favorite book by Morrison. I couldn't even get all the way through her novel Home without giving up yet this still wins as her weakest novel in my book. Morrison is the queen of themes and messages yet I'm not sure that I got the intended message from this story. Maybe more of a finding yourself kind of message. But even that wasn't successful. I didn't love the characters because they all seemed self absorbed and weakly developed. I noticed that I give low ratings to novellas so maybe that is the issue. I hope that if she ever chooses to write another novel in her golden ages that she doesn't choose to write another modern day novel because she isn't very connected with this generation. Leave that to the youngins.
I love that so many other reviewers share my sentiments that it feels eerily wrong rating a Toni Morrison novel less than 4 stars or not singing her praises. Many people also mentioned that, we'll give her a break she is 84 years old still writing a novel and living her dream. True. I guess I didn't take that into consideration. I was wondering why her later novels have been short and underdeveloped. the woman is 8 decades old plus some change so the fact that I was expecting Beloved or The bluest Eyes was foolish on my part.
This is by far my least favorite book by Morrison. I couldn't even get all the way through her novel Home without giving up yet this still wins as her weakest novel in my book. Morrison is the queen of themes and messages yet I'm not sure that I got the intended message from this story. Maybe more of a finding yourself kind of message. But even that wasn't successful. I didn't love the characters because they all seemed self absorbed and weakly developed. I noticed that I give low ratings to novellas so maybe that is the issue. I hope that if she ever chooses to write another novel in her golden ages that she doesn't choose to write another modern day novel because she isn't very connected with this generation. Leave that to the youngins.
September 1, 2019
Toni Morrison's death last month was a shock, a person who had given flawless art to this world and through her words offered deeper and better understandings and meanings. Watching people's reactions and seeing how much she meant to so many was moving and affirming and so I decided to read this book.
I was at first hesitant to read this particular book, published while she was 84, since I thought it would be a disappointment not able to match the excellent and soaring works that preceded it: or or or the or . It's a rare thing that I read five consecutive books by an author and to be left in awe each time in different ways, so I did not see it happening a sixth time, and not with a book published so far into the writer's career. Of course the thought is inherently ageist and foolish, and Toni Morrison proved it wrong with yet another spectacular book.
This book concerns childhood trauma and the way individuals are permanently altered by abuse. The protagonist of this story, Bride, suffers abuse as a dark-skinned Black girl and some of this abuse comes from her mother who thinks enforcing subservience in her child will make things easier for her in the world. As an adult, and as she comes into herself, more admired, attractive and wealthier and less vulnerable than she once was, she still grapples with the way the past molded her present self and a secret, the harm she once did to someone else.
I was especially impressed by the clear and well-defined characters Toni Morrison created once again. Booker who is Bride's lover, a musician/writer/economist? also holding onto a childhood pain and grief, was formed into such a familiar figure.
Published in 2015 this one is more contemporary than the Morrison books I had read before. It was strange to see the words PlayStation or Diet Coke in a Toni Morrison book. I will admit that compared to her great earlier works, this one doesn't have as sharp a focus and as inimitable a force as the others but few books generally do. By itself this is a solid work, a brilliant book.
I was at first hesitant to read this particular book, published while she was 84, since I thought it would be a disappointment not able to match the excellent and soaring works that preceded it: or or or the or . It's a rare thing that I read five consecutive books by an author and to be left in awe each time in different ways, so I did not see it happening a sixth time, and not with a book published so far into the writer's career. Of course the thought is inherently ageist and foolish, and Toni Morrison proved it wrong with yet another spectacular book.
This book concerns childhood trauma and the way individuals are permanently altered by abuse. The protagonist of this story, Bride, suffers abuse as a dark-skinned Black girl and some of this abuse comes from her mother who thinks enforcing subservience in her child will make things easier for her in the world. As an adult, and as she comes into herself, more admired, attractive and wealthier and less vulnerable than she once was, she still grapples with the way the past molded her present self and a secret, the harm she once did to someone else.
I was especially impressed by the clear and well-defined characters Toni Morrison created once again. Booker who is Bride's lover, a musician/writer/economist? also holding onto a childhood pain and grief, was formed into such a familiar figure.
Published in 2015 this one is more contemporary than the Morrison books I had read before. It was strange to see the words PlayStation or Diet Coke in a Toni Morrison book. I will admit that compared to her great earlier works, this one doesn't have as sharp a focus and as inimitable a force as the others but few books generally do. By itself this is a solid work, a brilliant book.
May 13, 2025
I don't know if I should rate this four or five stars. All I know is that this is Toni's swan song, the last novel she ever got to finish. The fact that she wrote this book in her 80s (what the hell?) makes me so soft? I can barely imagine cooking a meal at 80, yet here she is teaching us young ones how it's really done. And the fact that her last novel is her only novel dedicated to her readers ("For you") 鈥� DO NOT TALK TO ME, I'm literally so emotional right now. Toni truly was one of one. My forever favorite. My elder, my elder.
In another review, I talked about the fact that Toni always seemed like a creature of the past to me, probably bc she shone larger than life. The fact that God Help the Child was published in 2014 is mind-boggling to me. Like, it doesn't make sense. All in all, I prefer Toni's earlier work (Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye, Beloved) to her later work (Home, A Mercy) but I really have to say that among her later work, God Help the Child stands out. It's extra special. I found her old spirit in these lines, and it was hella exciting.
Just look at the opening: "It's not my fault. So you can't blame me. I didn't do it and have no idea how it happened." You're immediately sucked into the story, you want to know what's going. So... what happened?
God Help the Child is about Lula Ann "Bride" Bridewell, a woman with "blue-black" skin. She was neglected by both of her parents as a baby and child (her mother tried to kill her and her father left the family due to her dark skin [both of her parents are light-skin, so this is a particularly harsh look on colorism on Toni's part]) which led to her growing up without love, tenderness, affection or apology. Sweetness, Bride's mother, justifies her cruel behaviour towards her daughter by saying that the world will be even more harsher and judgemental of her due to her dark skin.
Bride becomes a model and works in the beauty industry. She's dating a man named Booker Starbern. The novel starts off as Bride plans to give Sofia Huxley, a woman just released from prison after being convicted of child sexual abuse, some gifts. When Booker finds out about this, he leaves Bride in disgust. We later learn that Bride was one of the children who falsely testified against Sofia, who worked as her teacher. Bride had lied about Sofia in order to win some affection from Sweetness (
"You lied? What the hell for?" "So my mother would hold my hand!"). Sofia, who was falsely imprisoned for 15 years as a result of Bride's actions, beats her up when Bride confronts her.
Needing support, Bride calls her coworker Brooklyn, a white woman with thick dreadlocks, to help her. Brooklyn prides herself on being able to understand people beyond what they say, a skill she developed growing in an unstable home near an uncle by whom she was molested. Hoping to take Bride's job, Brooklyn encourages Bride to take some time away from the office. As Bride recovers, her body begins changing: she loses her curvy figure, her ear piercings heal up, and she begins feeling forgetful. This element of magical realism (Bride ageing back into a small, frightened Black girl) was excellently executed by Toni and my favorite part of this whole novel!
Bride sets out to find Booker and gets advice from his aunt Queen. We then learn about Booker's personal history: His favorite brother had been assaulted and killed by a pedophile as a young child. His family tried to not speak about the event or his brother, and Booker felt as though he was the only one who remembered him. Booker is able to forgive Bride, after she explains why she sought out Sofia in the first place. Children who suffered from sexual abuse is a running current in God Help the Child (there's another subplot with an abandoned girl named Rain), and I'd highly advise not picking up this book if that subject matter is triggering to you!
God Help the Child is a novel with a heavy subject matter but it's a far easier read than Beloved or The Bluest Eye. A lot of the dialogue is on the lighter side and there were some humorous moments. There was also pearl-clutching dialogue, not bc it was particularly saucy but just bc the idea that 80-year-old TONI wrote this is so crazy: "I said, 'You're soaking wet, honey.' She said, 'It's raining, bitch.'" I mean, LMAO??? This is so fucking funny. Or look at this gag of the century: "All he did from freshman year through sophomore was react鈥攕neer, laugh, dismiss, find fault, demean鈥攁 young man's version of critical thinking." AND I OOOP. Come for his neck, hun!!!
One of my favorite passages from the book goes as follows: "Bride probably knows more about love than I do. At least she's willing to figure it out, do something, risk something and take its measure. I risk nothing. I sit on a throne and identify signs of imperfection in others. I've been charmed by my own intelligence and the moral positions I've taken, along with the insolence that accompanies them. But where is the brilliant research, the enlightening books, the masterpieces I used to dream of producing? Nowhere." I FEEL SO CALLED OUT BY THIS and that's precisely why I love it! Toni never shied away from putting her finger where it hurts!
In another review, I talked about the fact that Toni always seemed like a creature of the past to me, probably bc she shone larger than life. The fact that God Help the Child was published in 2014 is mind-boggling to me. Like, it doesn't make sense. All in all, I prefer Toni's earlier work (Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye, Beloved) to her later work (Home, A Mercy) but I really have to say that among her later work, God Help the Child stands out. It's extra special. I found her old spirit in these lines, and it was hella exciting.
Just look at the opening: "It's not my fault. So you can't blame me. I didn't do it and have no idea how it happened." You're immediately sucked into the story, you want to know what's going. So... what happened?
God Help the Child is about Lula Ann "Bride" Bridewell, a woman with "blue-black" skin. She was neglected by both of her parents as a baby and child (her mother tried to kill her and her father left the family due to her dark skin [both of her parents are light-skin, so this is a particularly harsh look on colorism on Toni's part]) which led to her growing up without love, tenderness, affection or apology. Sweetness, Bride's mother, justifies her cruel behaviour towards her daughter by saying that the world will be even more harsher and judgemental of her due to her dark skin.
Bride becomes a model and works in the beauty industry. She's dating a man named Booker Starbern. The novel starts off as Bride plans to give Sofia Huxley, a woman just released from prison after being convicted of child sexual abuse, some gifts. When Booker finds out about this, he leaves Bride in disgust. We later learn that Bride was one of the children who falsely testified against Sofia, who worked as her teacher. Bride had lied about Sofia in order to win some affection from Sweetness (
"You lied? What the hell for?" "So my mother would hold my hand!"). Sofia, who was falsely imprisoned for 15 years as a result of Bride's actions, beats her up when Bride confronts her.
Needing support, Bride calls her coworker Brooklyn, a white woman with thick dreadlocks, to help her. Brooklyn prides herself on being able to understand people beyond what they say, a skill she developed growing in an unstable home near an uncle by whom she was molested. Hoping to take Bride's job, Brooklyn encourages Bride to take some time away from the office. As Bride recovers, her body begins changing: she loses her curvy figure, her ear piercings heal up, and she begins feeling forgetful. This element of magical realism (Bride ageing back into a small, frightened Black girl) was excellently executed by Toni and my favorite part of this whole novel!
Bride sets out to find Booker and gets advice from his aunt Queen. We then learn about Booker's personal history: His favorite brother had been assaulted and killed by a pedophile as a young child. His family tried to not speak about the event or his brother, and Booker felt as though he was the only one who remembered him. Booker is able to forgive Bride, after she explains why she sought out Sofia in the first place. Children who suffered from sexual abuse is a running current in God Help the Child (there's another subplot with an abandoned girl named Rain), and I'd highly advise not picking up this book if that subject matter is triggering to you!
"At first I couldn't see past all that black to know who she was and just plain love her. But I do. I think she understand now. I think so."God Help the Child, as many Morrison novels, has a happy ending with a catch. Bride tells Booker that she is pregnant with his child and he responds positively, looking forward to their future. However, the book ends with Sweetness having received the news of her grandchild with no return address. She knows that Bride has cut her out of her life. Sweetness believes that Bride will, albeit in different ways, always mess up as a mother. The only ends with her sentiment: "God help the child."
God Help the Child is a novel with a heavy subject matter but it's a far easier read than Beloved or The Bluest Eye. A lot of the dialogue is on the lighter side and there were some humorous moments. There was also pearl-clutching dialogue, not bc it was particularly saucy but just bc the idea that 80-year-old TONI wrote this is so crazy: "I said, 'You're soaking wet, honey.' She said, 'It's raining, bitch.'" I mean, LMAO??? This is so fucking funny. Or look at this gag of the century: "All he did from freshman year through sophomore was react鈥攕neer, laugh, dismiss, find fault, demean鈥攁 young man's version of critical thinking." AND I OOOP. Come for his neck, hun!!!
One of my favorite passages from the book goes as follows: "Bride probably knows more about love than I do. At least she's willing to figure it out, do something, risk something and take its measure. I risk nothing. I sit on a throne and identify signs of imperfection in others. I've been charmed by my own intelligence and the moral positions I've taken, along with the insolence that accompanies them. But where is the brilliant research, the enlightening books, the masterpieces I used to dream of producing? Nowhere." I FEEL SO CALLED OUT BY THIS and that's precisely why I love it! Toni never shied away from putting her finger where it hurts!
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February 2, 2015This was my first Toni Morrison. It has made me question why I never read her before now. God Help the Child revolves around a woman named Bride, born with blue-black skin, a sin for which her mother had no forgiveness. She and seemingly everyone she knows have faced scarring childhood trauma. Those traumas make up the central theme of the book: how our childhoods affect us for the rest of our lives. The decisions we make, the people with which we choose to associate, and our worldviews are deeply affected by our childhoods. The book is also about the lies we tell to others and ourselves to justify our actions. God Help the Child is short, brutal, bittersweet, and stunningly beautiful in its execution. 鈥揅hris Arnone
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