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Is she good or shit? I read Beloved for a college american lit class and thought it was rubbish about how blacks b so oppressed n shiet. What does /lit/ think?

>> No.14240504

>>14240499
You fool! Song of Solomon is her best work

>> No.14240516

>>14240504
What's it about?

>> No.14240519

I thought it was pretty good, it’s not some sort of hamfisted moralizing like you seem to think.

>> No.14240532

>>14240516
flying

>> No.14240543

I've only read 'Home' and I found it decent. Good read. However when I started looking for reviews I realized people were literally going cray, like it's wonderful, exceptional... holy shit, it's not. The average reviewer is an idiot.
>that's why I love you, /lit/ bros

>> No.14240553

>>14240543
This is absolutely true. The only book introductions I've read that have been written by intelligent people have been for Russian lit, for whatever reason. The average book reviewer/commentator is a retard.

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>thought it was rubbish about how blacks b so oppressed n shiet

>> No.14240608

>>14240519
>it’s not some sort of hamfisted moralizing like you seem to think.

The whole novel is "grrr ebil slavery" and it entirely ignores the fact that a lot of slaves were treated well and had many rights.

>> No.14240616

>>14240499
>she

>> No.14240682

>>14240608
1. That’s not true
2. Back to /pol/

>> No.14240723

>>14240608
ikr, niggas was sangin kumbayaa and fuckin white girls and having cookouts with the injuns n shit

>> No.14240749

>>14240723
It's the blatant historical revisionism by leftists that sticks in the craw. Yes, some slaves were mistreated, but the vast majority were well cared for and had far better lives than in Africa, or as free men in America

>> No.14240756

>>14240608
>had many rights
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>> No.14240760

>>14240756
lmeo

>> No.14240768

>>14240749
i bet you 20 shekels you can't even provide one (1) peer reviewed source

>> No.14240769

>>14240499
nonstarter thread, belongs in /pol/
you can do this dismissive low iq nonsense where you restate the plot in a gay way with most books. Good luck in university if this is how your mindset

>> No.14240785

>>14240608
a lot of Beloved isn't about slavery at all, it just takes place in slave times
read these books before posting about them

>> No.14240789

>>14240785
/pol/sters don't read. they /pol/l

>> No.14240934

>>14240608
KYS

>> No.14240946

>>14240768
Peer review is part of a Jewish plot to destroy whiteness. Haven't you heard?

>> No.14241652

Thanks everybody for the info, I'll check out Song of Solomon.

>> No.14241828

>>14240499
I heard that Morrison’s writing style was inspired by Faulkner. Does she manage to translate that style well?

>> No.14241864

>>14240608
Are you retarded? A lot of the novel takes place at sweet home where they were treated better than most

>> No.14242054

>>14240749
lmao you jingo eyed retard. wish i could whip you right now

>> No.14242063

>>14240499
>you're in college
get off this board little baby boy

>> No.14242065

>>14241828
surprisingly well.

>> No.14242127

>>14242063
silence boomer