"Ever since I read it I've been haunted by it."

The unique qualities of Toni Morrison's writing in her great novel Beloved.

19 June 2016

8 minutes

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Open Book—Annie Proulx; Close Reading: Beloved by Toni Morrison; Graham Greene's The Third Man

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