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The bluest eye : a novel /
Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in. Yet as her dream grows more ferve...
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| Format: | Online Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Vintage International,
2007.
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| Edition: | 1st Vintage International ed. |
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| Access: | Online version |
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| Summary: | Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in. Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. A powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity, Toni Morrison's virtuosic first novel asks powerful questions about race, class, and gender with the subtlety and grace that have always characterized her writing. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780307386588 0307386589 9781283998925 1283998920 9780307278449 |
| Access: | Electronic access restricted to Villanova University patrons. |