The Bluest Eye
by Morrison, Toni
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0671531468
- ISBN 13
- 9780671531461
- Seller
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Gastonia, North Carolina, United States
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Synopsis
The Bluest Eye is a 1970 novel by American author Toni Morrison. It is Morrison's first novel, written while Morrison was teaching at Howard University and was raising her two sons on her own. The story is about a year in the life of a young black girl in Lorain, Ohio named Pecola Breedlove. It takes place against the backdrop of America's Midwest as well as in the years following the Great Depression. Brutal in its depictions of racism, incest, and child molestation, The Bluest Eye has remained on the often-challenged and banned books list almost every year since its publication.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Persephone's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 080578
- Title
- The Bluest Eye
- Author
- Morrison, Toni
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint 5th or later Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0671531468
- ISBN 13
- 9780671531461
- Publisher
- Washington Square Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Pages
- 160
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Keywords
- Fiction General
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- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.