{"product_id":"the-bluest-eye-a-novel-by-toni-morrison","title":"The Bluest Eye: A Novel \/ by Toni Morrison","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlume, 1994. Trade pb. Yellowing page edges. VG. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Toni Morrison's first novel, a book heralded for its richness of language and boldness of vision. Set in the author's girlhood hometown of Lorain, Ohio, it tells the story of black, eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove. Pecola prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be as beautiful and beloved as all the blond, blue-eyed children in America. In the autumn of 1941, the year the marigolds in the Breedloves' garden do not bloom. Pecola's life does change- in painful, devastating ways.\u003cbr\u003eWhat its vivid evocation of the fear and loneliness at the heart of a child's yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e remains one of Toni Morrisons's most powerful, unforgettable novels- and a significant work of American fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46720414646438,"sku":null,"price":7.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/thebluesteye.webp?v=1759512691","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bluest-eye-a-novel-by-toni-morrison","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}