Questa saga letteraria si addentra nelle profondità dello spirito umano, esplorando temi complessi di eredità, trauma e il potere duraturo dell'anima. Attraverso un linguaggio evocativo e una cruda risonanza emotiva, le narrazioni scoprono le eredità del passato e il loro profondo impatto sul presente. Le storie offrono una potente esplorazione della forza che si trova nelle relazioni, della potenza della narrazione e della persistente ricerca di libertà e redenzione.
It is the mid-1800s. At Sweet Home in Kentuckhy, an era is ending as slavery comes under attack from the abolitionists. The worlds of Halle and Paul D. are to be destroyed in a cataclysm of torment and agony. The world of Sethe, however, is to turn from one of love to one of violence and death - the death of Sethe's baby daughter Beloved, whose name is the single word on the tombstone, who died at her mother's hands, and who will return to claim retribution.
Morrison's eagerly awaited new novel, "Jazz," is spellbinding for the haunting passion of its profound love story, and for the bittersweet lyricism and refined sensuality of its powerful and elegant style.
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