Song of Solomon (Plume Contemporary Fiction)

by Toni Morrison

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Canonical Title

Song of Solomon

Original publication date

1978

Important places

Michigan, USA

People/Characters

Macon "Milkman" Dead III

Macon Dead

Pilate

First Corinthians Dead

Magdelene called Lena Dead

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Awards and honors

Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize (1977)

Oprah's Book Club selection (1996)

National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction, 1977)

Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century (25)

New York Times Best Books of the Year (1977)

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The North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance agent promised to fly from Mercy to the other side of Lake Superior at three o'clock.

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Amazon.com (ISBN 0613014812, School & Library Binding)

The third novel from one America's most powerful writers turns 20 years old in 1997, but Song of Solomon long ago ascended to the top shelf in the ranks of great literature. This Everyman's Library hardcover edition of the Nobel Prize-winning Morrison's lyrical, powerful, and erudite novel contains a chronology that situates the book in its historical context, and an introduction from author Reynolds Price.

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