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Book Description:
"They shoot the white girl first. With the others they can take their time." Toni Morrison's first novel since she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature opens with a horrifying scene of mob violence then chronicles its genesis in a small all-black town in rural Oklahoma. Founded by descendants of free slaves as intent on isolating themselves from the outside world as it once was on rejecting them, the patriarchal community of Ruby is built on righteousness, rigidly enforced moral law, and fear. But seventeen miles away, another group of exiles has gathered in a promised land of their own. And it is upon these women in flight from death and despair that nine male citizens of Ruby will lay their pain, their terror, and their murderous rage...
Paradise is a tour de force of storytelling power, richly imagined and elegantly composed. Morrison challenges our most fiercely held beliefs as she weaves folklore and history, memory and myth, into an unforgettable meditation on race, religion, gender, and the way a society can turn on itself until it is forced to explode.
Paradise is a tour de force of storytelling power, richly imagined and elegantly composed. Morrison challenges our most fiercely held beliefs as she weaves folklore and history, memory and myth, into an unforgettable meditation on race, religion, gender, and the way a society can turn on itself until it is forced to explode.
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I tried several times to get into this book and could not. I finally gave up, which I hesitate to do at any time.
Danette G. from CLAREMONT, CA wrote on 9/8/2006...Could not get into this story from the first couple of pages.
Carol L. from SEBRING, FL wrote on 9/7/2006...Founded by the descendants of freed slaves and survivors in exodus from a hostile world, the patriarchal community of Ruby is build on righteousness, rigidly enforced moral law, and fear. But 17 miles away, another group of exiles has gathered in a promised land of their own. And it is upon these women in flight from death and despair that nine male citizens of Ruby will lay their pain, their terror, and their murderous rage. As with all Tony Morrisons's books -- AWESOME!!!!!
SuAnn O. from VERNON, CT wrote on 1/23/2006..."They shoot the white girl first. With the rest they can take their time." This is a provocative book about race, rage, and religion and gender. The writing is complex, but rewarding.
Stacey C. from MURRAY, KY wrote on 10/28/2005...from back cover:
"Paradise opens with a horrifying scen of mass violence and chronicles its genesis in an all black small town in rural Oklahoma. Founded by the descendants of freed slaves and survivors in exodus from a hostile world, the patriarchal community of Ruby is built on righteousness, rigidly enforced moral law, and fear. But seventeen miles away, another group of exiles has gathered in a promised land of their own. And it is upon these women in flight from death and despair that nine male citizens of Ruby will lay their pain, their terror, and murderous rage."
Katie D. from BOYNE CITY, MI wrote on 9/6/2005...Oprah's book club. Starts with: "They shoot the white girl first. With the rest they can take their time".
Jade T. from SANTA CRUZ, CA wrote on 9/1/2005...Paradise opens with a horrifying scene of mass violence and chronicles its genesis in an all-black small town in rural Oklahoma. Founded by the descendents of freed slaves and survivors in exodus from a hostile world, the patriarchal community of Ruby is built on righteousness, rigidly enforced moral law, and fear. -People
I simply loved it.
Dawn T. from INDEPENDENCE, IA wrote on 2/16/2005...Like all of Morrison\'s novels, thought provoking, disturbing and beautiful...