{"product_id":"toni-morrison-by-jill-matus-9780719044489","title":"Toni Morrison","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn introduction to Toni Morrison's fiction, this text focuses on its engagement with African-American history and the way the traumas of the collective past shape Morrison's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt approaches Morrison's fiction as a form of cultural memory concerned with obscured or erased history, and argues that Morrison sees African-American history—from the times of slavery to the continued racial oppressions of the 20th century—as a history of traumatic experience. The book explores how this powerful storyteller bears witness to a painful yet enlivening past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMorrison's novels are known for their lyric power, but they often dwell on scenes of horror. This text emphasizes the uneasy relations of memory, pain and pleasure in literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600839033068,"sku":"9780719044489","price":60.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780719044489-toni-morrison.jpg?v=1777992546","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/toni-morrison-by-jill-matus-9780719044489","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}