Solomons Lied

Toni Morrison

ISBN 10: 0099768410 / ISBN 13: 9780099768418

Published by Random House UK Ltd Mai 1998, 1998

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Neuware -'Song of Solomon.profoundly changed my life' Marlon James Macon 'Milkman' Dead was born shortly after a neighbourhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. In 1930s America Macon learns about the tyranny of white society from his friend Guitar, though he is more concerned with escaping the familial tyranny of his own father. So while Guitar joins a terrorist group Macon goes home to the South, lured by tales of buried family treasure. But his odyssey back home and a deadly confrontation with Guitar leads to the discovery of something infinitely more valuable than gold: his past and the origins of his true self.'The story of Milkman Dead and Guitar had me in thrall' Salman Rushdie, New York Times BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF BELOVED Winner of the PEN/Saul Bellow award for achievement in American fiction 448 pp. Englisch.

Seller Inventory # 9780099768418

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Solomons Lied
• Publisher: Random House UK Ltd Mai 1998
• Publication Date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0099768410
• ISBN 13: 9780099768418
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 198W x 132H x 32D millimeters 198 millimeters width by 132 millimeters height by 32 millimeters depth
• Weight: 320 grams

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Synopsis

This is the story of Macon "Milkman" Dead, heir to the richest black family in a Midwestern town, as he makes a voyage of rediscovery, travelling southwards geographically and inwards spiritually. Through the enlightenment of one man, the novel recapitulates the history of slavery and liberation.

Review

Oprah Book Club® Selection, October 1996: In an effort to hide his Southern, working class roots, Macon Dead, an upper-class Northern black businessman, tries to insulate his family from the danger and despair of the rank and file blacks with whom he shares the neighborhood. The plan leads his son, "Milkman"--a named he earned after his mother nursed him well past the proper age--onto a path exactly opposite the one his father had hoped. Milkman is driven into the arms of a violent, lower-class woman, into a clandestine circle of blacks who repay white violence in kind and into an awareness that he can fulfill his own potential by understanding the mistakes of his ancestors as they relate to his own.