A Mercy
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.29 (691 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0676978312 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
When Jacob falls ill, all these women are threatened. Nobel laureate Morrison returns more explicitly to the net of pain cast by slavery, a theme she detailed so memorably in Beloved. Jacob's wife, Rebekka, struggles with her faith as she loses one child after another to the harsh New World. The ripples of this choice spread to the inhabitants of Jacob's farm, populated by women with intersecting and conflicting desires. Set at the close of the 17th century, the book details America's untoward foundation: dominion over Native Americans, indentured workers, women and slaves. A Native servant, Lina, survivor of a smallpox outbreak, craves Florens's love to replace the famil
Florens looks for love, first from Lina, an older servant woman at her new master's house, but later from the handsome blacksmith, an African, never enslaved, who comes riding into their lives .At the novel's heart, like Beloved, it is the ambivalent, disturbing story of a mother and a daughter – a mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and a daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment.From the Hardcover edition.. Feeling rejected by her slave mother, 14-year-old F
"I don't think God knows who we are. I think He would like us, if He knew us, but I don't think He knows about us." ("I don't think God knows who we are. I think He would like us, if He knew us, but I don't think He knows about us." Mary Whipple (4.5 stars) Continuing themes that she has been developing since the start of her career, Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison creates an intense and involving philosophical, Biblical, and feminist novel set in the Atlantic colonies between 1682 and 1690. Her impressionistic story traces slavery from its early roots, using unique voices--African, Native American, and white--while movi. .5 stars) Continuing themes that she has been developing since the start of her career, Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison creates an intense and involving philosophical, Biblical, and feminist novel set in the Atlantic colonies between 1682 and 1690. Her impressionistic story traces slavery from its early roots, using unique voices--African, Native American, and white--while movi. "A short, lyrical , gripping novel, and a great joy to read" according to Yesh Prabhu, author of The Beech Tree. In this short, lyrical and gripping novel, Tony Morrison has undertaken, once again, to explore her favorite subject: the evils of slavery. Written in prose so lovely and mesmerizing that it reminded me of her "Sula", also a short novel, published thirty-five years ago, "A Mercy" was a great joy to read.Jacob Vaark, a Dutch-born farmer and trader, and Rebekka, his English wife own a tobac. A Mercy Unfortunately, if you are coming for a detailed and thoughtful book review, my comments here will not be the one you should turn to. I merely will state one simple fact: I LOVE Toni Morrison's writing. She is, hands down, one of my favorite authors. Thus, she can do wrong in my eyes. There really isn't a thing from her that I have read that didn't absolutely move me. She is a phenomenal c