About the book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An official Oprah Winfrey’s “The Books That Help Me Through” selection • The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner transfigures the coming-of-age story with this brilliantly imagined novel. Includes a new foreword by the author.
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. As Morrison follows Milkman from his rustbelt city to the place of his family’s origins, she introduces an entire cast of strivers and seeresses, liars and assassins, the inhabitants of a fully realized Black world.
“Morrison moves easily in and out of the lives and thoughts of her characters, luxuriating in the diversity of circumstances and personality, and revelling in the sound of their voices and of her own, which echoes and elaborates theirs.” —The New Yorker
Editions of Song of Solomon
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780517413296
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780679445043
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780394497846
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781400033423
- EBook
- ISBN 9780307388124
- Audiobook
- ISBN 9780394550381
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780147520296
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780147520272
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780307704351
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780307704368
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780147520265
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780147520289
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An official Oprah Winfrey’s “The Books That Help Me Through” selection • The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner transfigures the coming-of-age story with this brilliantly imagined novel. Includes a new foreword by the author.
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. As Morrison follows Milkman from his rustbelt city to the place of his family’s origins, she introduces an entire cast of strivers and seeresses, liars and assassins, the inhabitants of a fully realized Black world.
“Morrison moves easily in and out of the lives and thoughts of her characters, luxuriating in the diversity of circumstances and personality, and revelling in the sound of their voices and of her own, which echoes and elaborates theirs.” —The New Yorker
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Song of Solomon about?
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An official Oprah Winfrey’s “The Books That Help Me Through” selection • The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner transfigures the coming-of-age story with this brilliantly imagined novel. Includes a new foreword by the author.
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. As Morrison follows Milkman from his rustbelt city to the place of his family’s origins, she introduces an entire cast of strivers and seeresses, liars and assassins, the inhabitants of a fully realized Black world.
“Morrison moves easily in and out of the lives and thoughts of her characters, luxuriating in the diversity of circumstances and personality, and revelling in the sound of their voices and of her own, which echoes and elaborates theirs.” —The New Yorker
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Song of Solomon?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Where can I read a sample of Song of Solomon?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780517413296
Is Song of Solomon 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 Song of Solomon?
Toni Morrison
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Song of Solomon is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780517413296) and hardcover(ISBN 9780679445043) and hardcover(ISBN 9780394497846) and paperback(ISBN 9781400033423) and ebook(ISBN 9780307388124) and audiobook(ISBN 9780394550381) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780147520296) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780147520272) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780307704351) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780307704368) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780147520265) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780147520289)
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