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Title details for Sula by Toni Morrison - Available

Sula

by Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
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Sula and Nel are born in the Bottom—a small town at the top of a hill. Sula is wild, and daring; she does what she wants, while Nel is well-mannered, a mamma’s girl with a questioning heart. Growing up they forge a bond stronger than anything, stronger even than the dark secret they have to bear. Strong enough, it seems, to last a lifetime—until, decades later, as the girls become women, Sula’s anarchy leads to a betrayal that may be beyond forgiveness. 
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
Masterful, richly textured, bittersweet, and vital, Sula is a modern masterpiece about love and kinship, about living in an America birthed from slavery. Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison gives life to characters who struggle with what society tells them to be, and the love they long for and crave as Black women. Most of all, they ask: When can we let go? What must we hold back? And just how much can be shared in a friendship?

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  • Release date

    August 14, 2007

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781415951651
      • File size: 166493 KB
      • Duration: 05:46:51

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 1050
    • Text Difficulty: 6-9

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Toni Morrison truly understands the power of language. In recording her 1973 novel, Morrison takes the opportunity to use the power of the spoken word to present her stunning language and images. It's particularly unusual for an author to record a book that is not new, but in doing so, Morrison provides an audio gem that can be cherished within the whole body of audiobook recordings. Her smooth, mellifluous voice has so much command over each word. She honors each sound and expresses each image vividly. While most listening can accompany other tasks like driving or exercising, Morrison smoothly draws the listener to complete attention. This is compelling listening: a dazzling presentation of Sula and Nel's lives, loves and losses, and of Morrison's brilliance. R.F.W. Winner of AUDIOFILE Earphones Award (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      It was called "the Bottom," the hilly Negro section of town that a white farmer fooled his freed Negro into thinking was bottom land. "The bottom of heaven," he had called it. But it was a deceit and, because it was payment for a favor, a betrayal. Those who live in the Bottom, like Nell and Sula, have learned to endure betrayal and go on, smothering their anger with betrayal in their turn. Lynne Thigpen's narration possesses a grace and reserve that moderates Morrison's rich irony and makes tolerable her pain. Thigpen has a controlled intensity that ranges from anger, to wearied acceptance, to a lilting embrace of this betrayal. Thigpen's reading and Sula's own treachery remind us that the bottom of heaven, after all, is not far from hell. P.E.F. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:1050
  • Text Difficulty:6-9

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