Paradise (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Toni Morrison
- First Published: 1998
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Sin or Original sin, God, Spiritual life or spirituality, Good and evil, Survivalism, Houses, mansions, or manors
- Locales: Ruby, OK
PARADISE, Toni Morrison’s first novel since she was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature, rises easily to the level of her best work. It takes place in Ruby, Oklahoma, the second incarnation of an all-black town originally founded by a group of former slaves. Ruby remains largely isolated from the rest of the world, and its inhabitants prefer it that way. The town leaders are men who have inherited a passion for freedom, religion, and respect, but their passion has gradually become distorted into a fanaticism which will brook no contradiction. They resist any challenge to...
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