

a glorious book." -The Baltimore Sun "Superb. It gets you." -The New Yorker "A magnificent heroine.

Beautifully written." -The Washington Post "There is something great in Beloved: a play of human voices, consciously exalted, perversely stressed, yet holding true. Read it and tremble." -People "Toni Morrison is not just an important contemporary novelist but a major figure in our national literature." -New York Review of Books "A work of genuine force. Resonates from past to present." -San Francisco Chronicle "A brutally powerful, mesmerizing story. An extraordinary work." -The New York Times "A masterpiece. sets her apart displays her prodigious talent." -Chicago Sun-Times "Dazzling. I can't imagine American literature without it." -John Leonard, Los Angeles Times "A triumph." -Margaret Atwood, The New York Times Book Review "Toni Morrison's finest work. voluptuous." New York From the Trade Paperback edition., "A masterwork. mesmerizing." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Shattering emotional power and impact." New York Daily News "A rich, mythical novel. Morrison shakes that brilliant kaleidoscope of hers again, and the story of pain, endurance, poetry and power she is born to tell comes right out." The Village Voice "A book worth many rereadings." Glamour "In her most probing novel, Toni Morrison has demonstrated once again the stunning powers that place her in the first ranks of our living novelists." St. One feels deep admiration." USA Today "Compelling. A lasting achievement." The Christian Science Monitor "Written with a force rarely seen in contemporary fiction. Toni Morrison has become one of America's finest novelists." The Plain Dealer "Stunning.

rich, provocative, extremely satisfying." Milwaukee Journal "Beautifully written. Exquisitely told." Cosmopolitan "Magical. A profound and shattering story that carries the weight of history. a glorious book." The Baltimore Sun "Superb. It gets you." The New Yorker "A magnificent heroine. Beautifully written." The Washington Post "There is something great in Beloved : a play of human voices, consciously exalted, perversely stressed, yet holding true. Read it and tremble." People "Toni Morrison is not just an important contemporary novelist but a major figure in our national literature." New York Review of Books "A work of genuine force. Resonates from past to present." San Francisco Chronicle "A brutally powerful, mesmerizing story. An extraordinary work." The New York Times "A masterpiece. sets her apart displays her prodigious talent." Chicago Sun-Times "Dazzling. I can't imagine American literature without it." John Leonard, Los Angeles Times "A triumph." Margaret Atwood, The New York Times Book Review "Toni Morrison's finest work.
