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What is Tar Baby about?

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A ravishingly beautiful and emotionally incendiary reinvention of the love story by the legendary Nobel Prize winner Jadine Childs is a Black fashion model with a white patron, a white boyfriend, and a coat made out of ninety perfect sealskins. Son is a Black fugitive who embodies everything she loathes and desires. As Morrison follows their affair, which plays out from the Caribbean to Manhattan and the deep South, she charts all the nuances of obligation and betrayal between Blacks and whites, masters and servants, and men and women.

Question 2

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Tar Baby?

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Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Classic fiction: literary and general

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Where can I read a sample of Tar Baby?

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You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780394423296

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Is Tar Baby part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?

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Yes it is a part of series Vintage International

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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Tar Baby?

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Toni Morrison

Question 6

Who is the Publisher of the book Tar Baby?

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

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Tar Baby is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780394423296) and paperback(ISBN 9781400033447) and ebook(ISBN 9780307388155) and audiobook(ISBN 9780736690133) and audiobook(ISBN 9780739307410) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780739302729) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780307939876) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781415951644) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780736690690) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780736693134) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780739302712)

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