Love

"Love is a brilliant book... Into a short narrative she packs mystery, suspense and a multi-stranded tale told with extraordinary deftness"

"Like love at first sight, it has the ability to startle." -"The Boston Globe" "A deeply affecting work by a Great American Novelist who is still . . . at the top of her form. . . . Morrison's tender, taut prose wastes no word, no syllable, no letter. . . . A novel of devastating revelations, impeccably arranged." -"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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"A marvelous work, which enlarges our conception not only of love but of racial politics, the ubiquitous past and . . . paradise." -"Los Angeles Times Book Review
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"A dense, dark star of a novel . . . with Morrison writing at the top of her game." -"Newsweek" "Toni Morrison reframes the mythology of love in a dark light and comes away with a mesmerizing gem." -"San Francisco Chronicle ""Like every other stealthy Morrison novel, "Love" has closets and cellars, bolt-holes and trap-doors and card tricks. . . . Yet again, she gives us dreams." -John Leonard, "Vanity Fair
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"The carefully crafted work of a storyteller entirely unburdened by her Nobel Prize. . . . William Faulkner and Eudora Welty would feel right welcome. . . . The moral palette of this novel displays a full range of colors." -"The Christian Science Monitor" "A profound commentary on the power of love." -"The Baltimore Sun
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""Love "is slim and tight as a folded fan, yet from it the author flashes a panorama three generations wide. . . . When the reader closes the book . . . there is the satisfaction of a song that has ended just right. The standing soloist we applaud . . . is the fierce literary intelligence of Morrison striking the chords of human experience and playing it wise." -"The Miami Herald" "Magisterial and gripping . . . aknockout. . . . A reminder of what a marvel a novel can be." -"Rocky Mountain News" "To enter a novel by Morrison is to enter a world fully imagined, and "Love "is no exception. . . . "Love" takes you on the first page and holds you in the welcome spell of a writer who knows what she's doing, and who can slip into the most ordinary sentence a twist of surprise." -"San Jose Mercury News" ""Love" is Morrison back at the peak of her talent. . . . The novel lives up to its name and puts to rest any doubts that its author is anything except great." -"New York Daily News" "[A] beautifully wrought meditation on society, family and human nature . . . brimming with provocative, beautiful writing." -"The Philadelphia Inquirer" ""Love" . . . [is] like that song you remember from long ago, the one you danced to, sweet and slow, and which has haunted you ever since. . . . Morrison's tale lies in its telling, not just the lilting lyricism of her prose but also the insight into her characters' hidden hearts." -"The Orlando Sentinel" "For pure pleasure, it deserves to be read more than once." -"The Plain Dealer
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"There is beauty and wisdom in "Love," . . . Her lyrical talent and her profound intelligence . . . make themselves felt." -"The New York Observer"