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Beloved

Name: Beloved
Author: Toni Morrison

Novel by Toni Morrison

Written workliterary workQ971767

Author: Toni Morrison
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Released: September 1987
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Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Language: English
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Genre: magic realist fiction
, historical fiction
Follows: Tar Baby
Followed by: Jazz
Awards: 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction
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1.“20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction - Wikipedia”
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, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction(1988)

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Beloved is a 1987 novel by American novelist Toni Morrison. Set in the period after the American Civil War, the novel tells the story of formerly enslaved people whose Cincinnati home is haunted by a malevolent spirit. Sethe, a formerly enslaved mother of four, grapples with her traumatic past. Morrison sought to depict the limitations that enslaved women faced and to present a physical manifestation that was lacking in the world of literature. Moreover, Beloved explores the interior life of the formerly enslaved.

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BBeloved1998 · 1998 film directed by Jonathan Demme

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Main subject: slavery in the United States
Country of origin: United States
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Movement: postmodern literature
magic realism
Title: Beloved language: English · reason for preferred rank: original title
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Preaiubita language: Romanian
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1.moldova.europalibera.org/a/28317040.html
2.carturesti.ro/carte/preaiubita-876777006
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Menschenkind language: German
ビラヴド language: Japanese
빌러비드 language: Korean
Umiłowana language: Polish
Возлюбленная language: Russian
Кохана language: Ukrainian
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宠儿 language: Chinese
محبوبة language: Arabic
חמדת language: Hebrew
Minun kansani, minun rakkaani language: Finnish
Amatissima language: Italian
საყვარელი language: Georgian
Người yêu dấu language: Vietnamese
Last line: Beloved.
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Dewey Decimal Classification (works and editions): 813.54
Library of Congress Classification (works and editions): PS3563.O8749
Form of creative work: novel
Copyright status: copyrighted
Has version, edition or translation: Beloved distribution format: ebook
Beloved released: June 8, 2004 · publisher: Vintage Books · distribution format: paperback

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