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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Turtleback Books
Publication date
December 1, 1997
Binding
Prebinding
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781417671632
ISBN-10
1417671637
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$36.60
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Make it easy on yourself, read #1 bestselling author Toni Morrison in Large Print
* About Large Print
All Random House Large Print editions are published in a 16-point typeface
"Rumors had been whispered for more than a year. Outrages that had been accumulating all along took shape as evidence. A mother was knocked down the stairs by her cold-eyed daughter. Four damaged infants were born in one family. Daughters refused to get out of bed. Brides disappeared on their honeymoons. Two brothers shot each other on New Year's Day. Trips to Demby for VD shots common. And what went on at the Oven these days was not to be believed . . . The proof they had been collecting since the terrible discovery in the spring could not be denied: the one thing that connected all these catastrophes was in the Convent. And in the Convent were those women."
In Paradise--her first novel since she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature--Toni Morrison gives us a bravura performance. As the book begins deep in Oklahoma early one morning in 1976, nine men from Ruby (pop. 360), in defense of "the one all-black town worth the pain," assault the nearby Convent and the women in it. From the town's ancestral origins in 1890 to the fateful day of the assault, Paradise tells the story of a people ever mindful of the relationship between their spectacular history and a void "Out There . . . where random and organized evil erupted when and where it chose." Richly imagined and elegantly composed, Paradise weaves a powerful mystery.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
* About Large Print
All Random House Large Print editions are published in a 16-point typeface
"Rumors had been whispered for more than a year. Outrages that had been accumulating all along took shape as evidence. A mother was knocked down the stairs by her cold-eyed daughter. Four damaged infants were born in one family. Daughters refused to get out of bed. Brides disappeared on their honeymoons. Two brothers shot each other on New Year's Day. Trips to Demby for VD shots common. And what went on at the Oven these days was not to be believed . . . The proof they had been collecting since the terrible discovery in the spring could not be denied: the one thing that connected all these catastrophes was in the Convent. And in the Convent were those women."
In Paradise--her first novel since she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature--Toni Morrison gives us a bravura performance. As the book begins deep in Oklahoma early one morning in 1976, nine men from Ruby (pop. 360), in defense of "the one all-black town worth the pain," assault the nearby Convent and the women in it. From the town's ancestral origins in 1890 to the fateful day of the assault, Paradise tells the story of a people ever mindful of the relationship between their spectacular history and a void "Out There . . . where random and organized evil erupted when and where it chose." Richly imagined and elegantly composed, Paradise weaves a powerful mystery.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Editions
Hardcover
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (January 1, 1998)
9780679433743 | details & prices | 318 pages | 6.75 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Captures the dreams, memories, conflicts, and complex interior lives of the citizens of a small, all-Black town as four young women are brutally attacked in a convent near the town during the 1970s, in a novel that blends past, present, and future
About: Captures the dreams, memories, conflicts, and complex interior lives of the citizens of a small, all-Black town as four young women are brutally attacked in a convent near the town during the 1970s, in a novel that blends past, present, and future
Paperback
Reprint edition from Vintage Books (March 11, 2014)
9780804169882 | details & prices | 318 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $16.00
With David M. Gracer |
from Research & Education Assn (February 1, 2000)
9780878911981 | details & prices | 5.00 × 8.25 × 0.25 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $3.95
About: Presents a summary and explanation of the plot, a list of characters, the work's historical context, a brief biography of the author, and questions and answers for each chapter.
About: Presents a summary and explanation of the plot, a list of characters, the work's historical context, a brief biography of the author, and questions and answers for each chapter.
Reprint edition from Plume (April 1, 1999)
9780452280397 | details & prices | 340 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Captures the dreams, memories, conflicts, and complex interior lives of the citizens of a small, all-Black town as four young women are brutally attacked in a convent near the town during the 1970s, in a novel that blends past, present, and future
About: Captures the dreams, memories, conflicts, and complex interior lives of the citizens of a small, all-Black town as four young women are brutally attacked in a convent near the town during the 1970s, in a novel that blends past, present, and future
Large print edition from G K Hall & Co (April 1, 1998)
9780783883366 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $26.95
About: Captures the dreams, memories, conflicts, and complex interior lives of the citizens of a small, all-Black town as four young women are brutally attacked near the town during the 1970s
About: Captures the dreams, memories, conflicts, and complex interior lives of the citizens of a small, all-Black town as four young women are brutally attacked near the town during the 1970s
Large print edition from Random House Large Print (February 1, 1998)
9780375702174 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Captures the dreams, memories, conflicts, and complex interior lives of the citizens of a small, all-Black town as four young women are brutally attacked near the town during the 1970s
About: Captures the dreams, memories, conflicts, and complex interior lives of the citizens of a small, all-Black town as four young women are brutally attacked near the town during the 1970s
CD/Spoken Word
Unabridged edition from Random House (October 18, 2016)
9780147520302 | details & prices | List price $45.00
Cassette/Spoken Word
Unabridged edition from Random House (February 1, 1998)
9780375401794 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.50 × 1.50 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $25.95
About: Captures the dreams, memories, conflicts, and complex interior lives of the citizens of a small, all-black town as four young women are brutally attacked in a convent near the town during the 1970s.
About: Captures the dreams, memories, conflicts, and complex interior lives of the citizens of a small, all-black town as four young women are brutally attacked in a convent near the town during the 1970s.
Reinforced
from Demco Media (April 1, 1999)
9780606158527 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $24.57
About: Captures the dreams, memories, conflicts, and complex interior lives of the citizens of a small, all-Black town as four young women are brutally attacked in a convent near the town during the 1970s, in a novel that blends past, present, and future
About: Captures the dreams, memories, conflicts, and complex interior lives of the citizens of a small, all-Black town as four young women are brutally attacked in a convent near the town during the 1970s, in a novel that blends past, present, and future
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (March 1, 2001)
9780613174282 | details & prices | 5.50 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $28.20
About: Captures the dreams, memories, conflicts, and complex interior lives of the citizens of a small, all-Black town as four young women are brutally attacked in a convent near the town during the 1970s, in a novel that blends past, present, and future
About: Captures the dreams, memories, conflicts, and complex interior lives of the citizens of a small, all-Black town as four young women are brutally attacked in a convent near the town during the 1970s, in a novel that blends past, present, and future
The price comparison is for this edition
from Turtleback Books (December 1, 1997)
9781417671632 | details & prices | List price $36.60
About: Make it easy on yourself, read #1 bestselling author Toni Morrison in Large Print* About Large PrintAll Random House Large Print editions are published in a 16-point typeface"Rumors had been whispered for more than a year.
About: Make it easy on yourself, read #1 bestselling author Toni Morrison in Large Print* About Large PrintAll Random House Large Print editions are published in a 16-point typeface"Rumors had been whispered for more than a year.
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