Beloved $50.00
Read our article Toni Morrison: “Writing without the gaze”.
New York, NY: Knopf (1987)
Near fine in dust jacket.
Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe’s new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Filled with bitter poetry and suspense as taut as a rope, Beloved is a towering achievement.
Journey to Beloved $250.00
New York, NY: Hyperion (1998)
Foreword by Jonathan Demme
Written by Oprah Winfrey about her experience making the film Beloved.
One of 3000 numbered copies signed by Oprah Winfrey. Near fine in decorated boards in publisher’s slipcase. Back board has a scuff and 3-inch long scratch near the edge.
From the book:
“My original intention in making Beloved was the same as Toni Morrison’s intention in writing the book: I wanted people to be able to feel deeply on a very personal level what it meant to be a slave, what slavery did to people, and also to be liberated by that knowledge. I never felt so free and so joyful as when I was working on Beloved.” -Oprah Winfrey
Tar Baby $35.00
This item is no longer available.
New York, NY: Knopf (1981)
Very good in dust jacket with some edge wear and closed tears. Otherwise, a clean, bright and tightly bound first edition.
A Mercy $150.00
New York, NY: Knopf (2008)
Fine in dust jacket. Signed by Morrison on a custom-made bookplate from the publisher.
