Jazz (Plume) - Softcover

Morrison, Toni

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452269652 ISBN 13: 9780452269651

Publisher: Penguin, 1993

Synopsis

Set in Harlem in the 1920s, this novel chronicles a bittersweet triangle involving a middle-aged door-to-door salesman, his mentally unstable wife, and his eighteen-year-old girlfriend.

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Review

" Wonderful. . . . A brilliant, daring novel. . . . Every voice amazes." -- "Chicago Tribune
"" She may be the last classic American writer, squarely in the tradition of Poe, Melville, Twain and Faulkner." -- "Newsweek
"
" [A] masterpiece. . . . She has moved from strength to strength until she has reached the distinction of being beyond comparison." -- "Entertainment Weekly
"" Thrillingly written . . . seductive. . . . Some of the finest lyric passages ever written in a modern novel." -- "Chicago Sun-Times
"" A compelling blend of heart and language. . . . Resounds with passion." -- "The Boston Globe
"" Marvelous. . . . Morrison is perhaps the finest novelist of our time." -- "Vogue
"" The author conjures up worlds with complete authority and makes no secret of her angst at the injustices dealt to black women." -- Edna O' Brien, "The New York Times Book Review
"" She captures that almost indistinguishable mixture of the anxiety and rapture of expectation-- that state of desire where sin is just another word for appetite." -- "San Francisco Chronicle
"" As rich in themes and poetic images as her Pulitzer Prize- winning "Beloved.," . . Morrison conjures up the hand of slavery on Harlem' s jazz generation. The more you listen, the more you crave to hear." -- "Glamour
"" She is the best writer in America. Jazz, for sure; but also Mozart." -- John Leonard, National Public Radio
" A masterpiece. . . . A sensuous, haunting story of various kinds ofpassion. . . . Mesmerizing." -- "Cosmopolitan
"" Lyrically brooding. . . . One accepts the characters of "Jazz "as generalized figures moving rhythmically in the narrator' s mind." -- "The New York Times
"" Transforms a familiar refrain of jilted love into a bold, sustaining time of self-knowledge and discovery. Its rhythms are infectious." -- "People
"

Wonderful. . . . A brilliant, daring novel. . . . Every voice amazes. "Chicago Tribune
" She may be the last classic American writer, squarely in the tradition of Poe, Melville, Twain and Faulkner. "Newsweek
"
[A] masterpiece. . . . She has moved from strength to strength until she has reached the distinction of being beyond comparison. "Entertainment Weekly
" Thrillingly written . . . seductive. . . . Some of the finest lyric passages ever written in a modern novel. "Chicago Sun-Times
" A compelling blend of heart and language. . . . Resounds with passion. "The Boston Globe
" Marvelous. . . . Morrison is perhaps the finest novelist of our time. "Vogue
" The author conjures up worlds with complete authority and makes no secret of her angst at the injustices dealt to black women. Edna O Brien, "The New York Times Book Review
" She captures that almost indistinguishable mixture of the anxiety and rapture of expectation that state of desire where sin is just another word for appetite. "San Francisco Chronicle
" As rich in themes and poetic images as her Pulitzer Prize winning "Beloved. ." . . Morrison conjures up the hand of slavery on Harlem s jazz generation. The more you listen, the more you crave to hear. "Glamour
" She is the best writer in America. Jazz, for sure; but also Mozart. John Leonard, National Public Radio
A masterpiece. . . . A sensuous, haunting story of various kinds of passion. . . . Mesmerizing. "Cosmopolitan
" Lyrically brooding. . . . One accepts the characters of "Jazz "as generalized figures moving rhythmically in the narrator s mind. "The New York Times
" Transforms a familiar refrain of jilted love into a bold, sustaining time of self-knowledge and discovery. Its rhythms are infectious. "People
""

"Wonderful. . . . A brilliant, daring novel. . . . Every voice amazes." --Chicago Tribune

"She may be the last classic American writer, squarely in the tradition of Poe, Melville, Twain and Faulkner." --Newsweek

"[A] masterpiece. . . . She has moved from strength to strength until she has reached the distinction of being beyond comparison." --Entertainment Weekly

"Thrillingly written . . . seductive. . . . Some of the finest lyric passages ever written in a modern novel." --Chicago Sun-Times

"A compelling blend of heart and language. . . . Resounds with passion." --The Boston Globe

"Marvelous. . . . Morrison is perhaps the finest novelist of our time." --Vogue

"The author conjures up worlds with complete authority and makes no secret of her angst at the injustices dealt to black women." --Edna O'Brien, The New York Times Book Review

"She captures that almost indistinguishable mixture of the anxiety and rapture of expectation--that state of desire where sin is just another word for appetite." --San Francisco Chronicle

"As rich in themes and poetic images as her Pulitzer Prize-winning Beloved. . . . Morrison conjures up the hand of slavery on Harlem's jazz generation. The more you listen, the more you crave to hear." --Glamour

"She is the best writer in America. Jazz, for sure; but also Mozart." --John Leonard, National Public Radio

"A masterpiece. . . . A sensuous, haunting story of various kinds of passion. . . . Mesmerizing." --Cosmopolitan

"Lyrically brooding. . . . One accepts the characters of Jazz as generalized figures moving rhythmically in the narrator's mind." --The New York Times

"Transforms a familiar refrain of jilted love into a bold, sustaining time of self-knowledge and discovery. Its rhythms are infectious." --People

About the Author

Toni Morrison was born in Lorain, Ohio. She now divides her time between Rockland County, New York, and Princeton, New Jersey. She is Robert F. Goheen Professor, Council of the Humanities, Princeton University. She is the author of five other novels: Paradise, The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, which won the 1978 National Book Critics Award for fiction, Tar Baby and Beloved, which won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0452269652
• ISBN 13: 9780452269651
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240