Beloved Audiobook

Publisher Description

Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding audio transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethes new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Filled with bitter poetry and suspense as taut as a rope, Beloved is a towering achievement. Download and start listening now!

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A brutally powerful, mesmerizing story. – People There is something great in Beloved: a play of human voices, consciously exalted, perversely stressed, yet holding true.” – New Yorker A masterpiece. . . . Magnificent. . . . Astounding. . . . Overpowering. – Newsweek Written with a force rarely seen in contemporary fiction. . . . One feels deep admiration. – USA Today Dazzling. . . . Magical. . . . An extraordinary work. – New York Times A masterworkWonderfulI cant imagine American literature without it. – Los Angeles Times A triumph. – New York Times Book Review A work of genuine force. . . . Beautifully written. – Washington Post Toni Morrisons finest work. . . . [It] sets her apart [and] displays her prodigious talent. – Chicago Sun-Times Brilliant. . . . Resonates from past to present. – San Francisco Chronicle Toni Morrison is not just an important contemporary novelist but a major figure in our national literature. – New York Review of Books A magnificent heroine . . . a glorious book. – Baltimore Sun Superb. . . . A profound and shattering story that carries the weight of history. . . . Exquisitely told. – Cosmopolitan Magical . . . rich, provocative, extremely satisfying. – Milwaukee Journal Beautifully written. . . . Powerful. . . . Toni Morrison has become one of Americas finest novelists. – Cleveland Plain Dealer Stunning. . . A lasting achievement. – Christian Science Monitor Compelling . . . . Morrison shakes that brilliant kaleidoscope of hers again, and the story of pain, endurance, poetry and power she is born to tell comes right out. – Village Voice A book worth many rereadings. – Glamour In her most probing novel, Toni Morrison has demonstrated once again the stunning powers that place her in the first ranks of our living novelists. – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Heart-wrenching . . . mesmerizing. – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Shattering emotional power and impact. – New York Daily News A rich, mythical novel . . . a triumph. – St. Petersburg Times Powerful . . . voluptuous. – New York Written with a force rarely seen in contemporary fictionOne feels deep admiration. – USA Today A work of genuine forceBeautifully written. – Washington Post A brutally powerful, mesmerizing story. – People Toni Morrisons finest work[It] sets her apart [and] displays her prodigious talent. – Chicago Sun-Times A masterpieceMagnificentAstoundingOverpowering. – Newsweek There is something great in Beloved: a play of human voices, consciously exalted, perversely stressed, yet holding true. It gets you. – New Yorker SuperbA profound and shattering story that carries the weight of historyExquisitely told. – Cosmopolitan Toni Morrison is not just an important contemporary novelist but a major figure in our national literature. – New York Review of Books CompellingMorrison shakes that brilliant kaleidoscope of hers again, and the story of pain, endurance, poetry, and power she is born to tell comes right out. – Village Voice In her most probing novel, Toni Morrison has demonstrated once again the stunning powers that place her in the first ranks of our living novelists. – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Beautifully writtenPowerfulToni Morrison has become one of Americas finest novelists. – Cleveland Plain Dealer MagicalRich, provocative, extremely satisfying. – Milwaukee Journal