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Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison

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Song of Solomon

Vintage Books (14 May 1998)
9780099768418
| Paperback
338 pages | 128 x 196 mm | English
$ 7.99 | Value: $ 7.99
Dewey 813

Subject

  • African American Families
  • African Americans
  • English Fiction
  • Fiction / Literary
  • Michigan

Plot

Song Of Soloman Is A Work Of Outstanding Beauty And Power, Whose Story Covers The Years From The 1930'S To The 1960'S In America. At Its Centre Is Macon Dead Jr, The Son Of A Wealthy Black Property Owner, Who Has Been Brought Up To Revere The White World. Macon Learns About The Tyranny Of White Society From His Friend Guitar, Though He Is More Concerned To Escape The Tyranny Of His Father. So While Guitar Joins A Terrorist Group Of Poor Blacks, Macon Goes Home To The South, Lured By Tales Of Buried Family Treasure. His Journey Leads To The Discovery Of Something More Valuable Than Gold, His Past. Yet The Truth About His Origins And His True Self Is Not Fully Revealed To Macon Until He And Guitar Meet Once Again In Powerful, And Deadly Confrontation.