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The measure of our lives : a gathering of wisdom
- Title
- The measure of our lives : a gathering of wisdom / Toni Morrison ; foreword by Zadie Smith.
- Author
- Morrison, Toni
- Publication
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
- ©2019
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc C 20-19 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Smith, Zadie
- Description
- viii, 129 pages; 18 cm
- Summary
- "This inspirational book juxtaposes quotations, one to a page, drawn from Toni Morrison's entire body of work, both fiction and nonfiction--from The Bluest Eye to God Help the Child, from Playing in the Dark to The Source of Self-Regard--to tell a story of self-actualization. It aims to evoke the totality of Toni Morrison's literary vision. Its sequence of flashes of revelation--remarkable for their linguistic felicity, keenness of psychological observation, and philosophical profundity--addresses issues of abiding interest in Morrison's work: the reach of language for the ineffable; transcendence through imagination; the self and its discontents; the vicissitudes of love; the whirligig of memory; the singular power of women; the original American sin of slavery; the bankruptcy of racial oppression; the humanity and art of black people"--
- Uniform Title
- Quotations. Selections
- Alternative Title
- Quotations.
- Subjects
- Note
- "A version of the foreword first appeared as "Daughters of Toni: A Remembrance" by Zadie Smith in PEN America as part of "Tribute to Toni Morrision (1931-2019)" on August 7, 2019." -- Title page verso.
- Call Number
- Sc C 20-19
- ISBN
- 9780525659297
- 0525659293
- 9780525659303 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019952413
- OCLC
- 1122800503
- Author
- Morrison, Toni, author.
- Title
- The measure of our lives : a gathering of wisdom / Toni Morrison ; foreword by Zadie Smith.
- Publisher
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Local Note
- COLLECTION OF QUOTATIONS FROM MORRISON'S WRITINGS & SPEECHES. FOREWORD BY ZADIE SMITH.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Smith, Zadie, writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- Sc C 20-19