She’s never been more concise, though, and that restraint demonstrates the full range of her power." Įrich Schwartzel, of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, noted flashes of "beautiful, tactile writing", but characterized Home as "an easy narrative that.never finds a resplendence to place it alongside better, more realized work. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly described Morrison's novel as "eautiful, brutal, as is Morrison's perfect prose." Writing in The New York Times, Leah Hager Cohen criticized the lack of subtlety in the novel's symbolism, but concluded: "This work's accomplishment lies in its considerable capacity to make us feel that we are each not only resident but co-owner of, and collectively accountable for, this land we call home." In a review for The Washington Post, Ron Charles wrote: "This scarily quiet tale packs all the thundering themes Morrison has explored before. Home received mixed, but mostly positive, reviews. It tells the story of Frank Money, a 24-year-old African-American veteran of the Korean War, and his journey home "a year after being discharged from an integrated Army into a segregated homeland." Reception Home is the tenth novel by the American author Toni Morrison, originally published in 2012 by Alfred A. Home is about a young black man, returning to his roots following the Korean War, after enduring various forms of loss and trauma that scar him deeply.
Its brevity, stark prose, and small cast of characters notwithstanding, this story of a man struggling to reclaim his roots and his manhood is enormously powerful.Print (hardback & paperback), audiobook, e-book Her new novel, Home, is a surprisingly unpretentious story from America’s only living Nobel laureate in literature. "Down deep inside her lived my secret picture of myself-a strong, good me." Morrison's portrayal of Frank is vivid and intimate, her portraits of the women in his life equally masterful. "She was the first person I ever took responsibility for," he says.
Without a mission, Frank drifts aimlessly like a "haunted, half-crazy drunk." But when his fragile younger sister, Cee, falls victim to a white doctor who is using her body to run near-fatal reproductive experiments, the hero within Frank is awakened. Worse yet, he's plagued by a deep-seated apathy that drives away the good woman he loves. He suffers hallucinations and bouts of rage he drinks too much. Tormented by the atrocities he witnessed while fighting in the Korean War, Frank Money, the central character of Toni Morrison's profound novel Home (Knopf), returns to a racist America where there's little sanctuary for a deeply traumatized black veteran. Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2012: It takes only a page or two of Home, Toni Morrison’s finely wrought 10th novel, before you find yourself relaxing into the hands of a master.
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