Item details
Condition
Good
ISBN
Does not apply
Book Title
The Bluest Eye
Language
English
Topic
African Americans/Books/Coming of Age
Book Series
Historical
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Genre
Drama/Modern & Contemporary
Type
Novel
Personalize
No
Ex Libris
No
Inscribed
No
Personalized
No
Vintage
Yes
Era
1940s
Number of Pages
160
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The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
1972 Pocket Books Edition, 20th print
Paperback, 160 pages
Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye is set in Lorain, Ohio, in 1940–1941, during the years immediately following the Great Depression. This setting, based on Morrison's own hometown, is central to exploring the novel's themes of racism, poverty, and internalized white beauty standards.
Pages unmarked. Some wear, creasing to cover. Bumping to corners, chipping at edges of cover. Lower back cover has a clipped corner.