About the book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A PARADE BEST BOOK OF ALL TIME • From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner—a powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity that asks questions about race, class, and gender with characteristic subtly and grace.
In Morrison’s acclaimed first novel, Pecola Breedlove—an 11-year-old Black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others—prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment.
Here, Morrison’s writing is “so precise, so faithful to speech and so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry” (The New York Times).
Editions of The Bluest Eye
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780375411557
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780679433736
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780307278449
- EBook
- ISBN 9780307386588
- Audiobook
- ISBN 9780679434740
- Audiobook
- ISBN 9780375416521
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780307941121
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780307941145
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780375417245
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780307941138
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780375416538
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780739343739
Read an Excerpt
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A PARADE BEST BOOK OF ALL TIME • From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner—a powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity that asks questions about race, class, and gender with characteristic subtly and grace.
In Morrison’s acclaimed first novel, Pecola Breedlove—an 11-year-old Black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others—prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment.
Here, Morrison’s writing is “so precise, so faithful to speech and so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry” (The New York Times).
Frequently Asked Questions
What is The Bluest Eye about?
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A PARADE BEST BOOK OF ALL TIME • From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner—a powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity that asks questions about race, class, and gender with characteristic subtly and grace.
In Morrison’s acclaimed first novel, Pecola Breedlove—an 11-year-old Black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others—prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment.
Here, Morrison’s writing is “so precise, so faithful to speech and so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry” (The New York Times).
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Bluest Eye?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Where can I read a sample of The Bluest Eye?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780375411557
Is The Bluest Eye part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Vintage International
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Bluest Eye?
Toni Morrison
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
The Bluest Eye is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780375411557) and hardcover(ISBN 9780679433736) and paperback(ISBN 9780307278449) and ebook(ISBN 9780307386588) and audiobook(ISBN 9780679434740) and audiobook(ISBN 9780375416521) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780307941121) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780307941145) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780375417245) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780307941138) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780375416538) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780739343739)
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