Thread: MobileRead September 2015 Book Club Nominations
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Old 08-21-2015, 07:03 AM   #8
John F
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I'll nominate Beloved by Toni Morrison.

From Amazon:

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Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. ... Filled with bitter poetry and suspense as taut as a rope, Beloved is a towering achievement.
A quick search for "Beloved banned" turned up:

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... But Toni Morrison’s “Beloved,” Murphy said, depicts scenes of bestiality, gang rape and an infant’s gruesome murder, content she believes could be too intense for teenage readers. ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...e79_story.html

Available at libraries everywhere.*
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