- Hardcover: 164 pages
- Publisher: Henry Holt & Co; Later Printing edition (Jun 1970)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0030850746
- ISBN-13: 978-0030850745
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 15 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 232,667 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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" So precise, so faithful to speech and so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry."
-- "The New York Times"
" A profoundly successful work of fiction. . . . Taut and understated, harsh in its detachment, sympathetic in its truth...it is an experience." -- "The Detroit Free Press"
" This story commands attention, for it contains one black girl' s universe."
-- "Newsweek" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
-- "The New York Times"
" A profoundly successful work of fiction. . . . Taut and understated, harsh in its detachment, sympathetic in its truth...it is an experience." -- "The Detroit Free Press"
" This story commands attention, for it contains one black girl' s universe."
-- "Newsweek" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Read by Toni Morrison and Ruby Dee
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
The Bluest Eye, published in 1970, is the first novel written by Toni Morrison, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature.
It is the story of eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove--a black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others--who prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning and the tragedy of its fulfillment.
Read by Toni Morrison and Ruby Dee
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
The Bluest Eye, published in 1970, is the first novel written by Toni Morrison, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature.
It is the story of eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove--a black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others--who prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning and the tragedy of its fulfillment.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
More a collection of mini-stories than a fully developed narrative, The Bluest Eye looks at the different factors involved in a young girl's becoming pregnant by her father, from her stay with friends to the histories of her parents and their relationship. It is sensitively told without judgement, and you get a feel for the tragedies of all the characters concerned.
One of her earlier works, this isn't the best book if you want to discover Toni Morrison, but it is beautifully written as always, and a fascinating insight into her early development. Most useful here is a postscript by Morrison where she identifies her intentions and some of the weaknesses in the book.
One of her earlier works, this isn't the best book if you want to discover Toni Morrison, but it is beautifully written as always, and a fascinating insight into her early development. Most useful here is a postscript by Morrison where she identifies her intentions and some of the weaknesses in the book.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book holds the truth about girls stereotyping, that beauty only comes from blonde hair and blue eyes. The story flows very gracefully and beautifully. When you read it, you understand Pecola's feeling; her dream, her fear, her hopes. Your heart goes with her. You will also love Frieda and Claudia and astonished by how children's minds work. Pecola's dream of having bluest eyes is beautiful, sad and sorrowful.
I read this book for a few times and am still thrilled by the richness of words and the real meaning of it.
By the end of the book, I keep questioning why this thing happens? Sometimes life can be so unfair and there is nothing we can do about it.
I read this book for a few times and am still thrilled by the richness of words and the real meaning of it.
By the end of the book, I keep questioning why this thing happens? Sometimes life can be so unfair and there is nothing we can do about it.
22 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The reader is offered a glimpse into the lives of 3 little Black children growing up in middle America. Humor, hopes, dreams and reality are wrapped together as the reader comes to know and see how these children view their world. I really enjoyed this book and will read it again in future. It's one of those books that a group of friends should read and discuss as it would really enhance the reading experience.
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Essential Reading for ANYONE with eyes (or ears to be read to)!!!
This isnt a book. It is an experience.
It is a book that requires digesting.
Stylistic and eloquent, Toni Morrison manages to articulate the intangible, capturing... Read more
It is a book that requires digesting.
Stylistic and eloquent, Toni Morrison manages to articulate the intangible, capturing... Read more
Published 13 days ago by AMA LIVE!
Love Mary Jane. Be Mary Jane.
When you come across an author that you might like to read, it is sometimes difficult to know where to start when they have already written several books. Read more
Published 17 days ago by the messenger
Heartbreaking
The Bluest Eye is a heartbreaking read about an eleven year old black girl called Pecola who believes that if she was beautiful then all her other problems will go away. Read more
Published 6 months ago by J. Willis
Not needed for this black woman's beautiful perspective
The Bluest Eye was Toni Morrison's first novel, published in 1970. The story is based in Ohio, USA, and the central figure is Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl who has been... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Ms Zion Lights
Touching and meaningful
Story of "ugliness" being the absolute absence of love and how it works in a vicious circle. Little Pecola being at the centre of this story of abuse, Morrison goes into the cases... Read more
Published on 16 Dec 2009 by nishee
All things being relative...
Five stars for The Bluest Eye? Morrison herself admits, in the Afterword, that the book is flawed. But, all things being relative, something less-than-par from Morrison is still a... Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2009 by Yvonne S. Brotherhood
Amazing book by one of the best writers I have discovered
I have only recently discovered Toni Morrison. I read Song of Solomon earlier this summer and upon finishing the book wanted to buy every other book that Toni Morrison had read and... Read more
Published on 2 Oct 2009 by Sarah B
Good quality, but ...
The book is in good conditions, but the shipping and package cost makes it too expensive for someone living in Spain.
Published on 31 July 2009 by Mateo Serrano Escolar
Another amazing story
This is yet another amazing story by Toni Morrison. It tells the story of a young girl who suffers abuse at the hands of her father and subsequently becomes pregnant. Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2009 by Miss C. Valcin
The Bluest Eye
Filled with striking imagery which makes up for the sometimes fragmented narrative. A sad tale which for me evoked a time and a place vividly. Read more
Published on 2 Oct 2008 by Rich
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