Sula
(Libby/OverDrive eAudiobook)
Author
Contributors
Morrison, Toni Author, Narrator
Published
Books on Tape , 2007.
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Description
From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner: Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. This brilliantly imagined novel brings us the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of Medallion, Ohio. One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 YearsNel and Sula’s devotion is fierce enough to withstand bullies and the burden of a dreadful secret. It endures even after Nel has grown up to be a pillar of the black community and Sula has become a pariah. But their friendship ends in an unforgivable betrayal—or does it end? Terrifying, comic, ribald and tragic, Sula is a work that overflows with life.
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Format
eAudiobook
Edition
Unabridged
Street Date
12/04/2007
Language
English
ISBN
9781415951651
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Published Reviews
Library Journal Review
Hearing an author read her own work creates a special ambiance. To hear Morrison read a short, unabridged novel published 24 years ago, to hear in her voice how much she still values the writing, well, who could ask for more? The only drawback is that Morrison, while very much in tune with her characters, often lets her voice drop to a whisper, making these tapes difficult to listen to while driving and almost impossible on a highway with the window open. On the page, Sula is one of her more clearly defined novelsthe friendship and later hatred that envelopes the lives of two black women from "the bottom"but the imagistic nature of the writing means listeners may have to replay passages if they want to follow the action. A small price to pay for a masterpiece.Rochelle Ratner, formerly with "Soho Weekly News," New York (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Morrison, T. (2007). Sula (Unabridged). Books on Tape.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Morrison, Toni. 2007. Sula. Books on Tape.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Morrison, Toni. Sula Books on Tape, 2007.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Morrison, T. (2007). Sula. Unabridged Books on Tape.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Morrison, Toni. Sula Unabridged, Books on Tape, 2007.
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