The Bluest Eye (Paperback, REI)


The Bluest Eye chronicles the tragic, torn lives of a poor black family in 1940s Ohio: Pauline, Cholly, Sam and Pecola. Pecola, unlovely and unloved, prays each night for blue eyes like those of her privileged blond white schoolfellows. She becomes the focus of the mingled love and hatred engendered by her family's frailty and the world's cruelty as the novel moves toward a savage but poignant resolution.

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The Bluest Eye chronicles the tragic, torn lives of a poor black family in 1940s Ohio: Pauline, Cholly, Sam and Pecola. Pecola, unlovely and unloved, prays each night for blue eyes like those of her privileged blond white schoolfellows. She becomes the focus of the mingled love and hatred engendered by her family's frailty and the world's cruelty as the novel moves toward a savage but poignant resolution.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Vintage

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

April 1999

Availability

Expected to ship within 5 - 10 working days

First published

March 1999

Authors

Dimensions

198 x 130 x 15mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

172

Edition

REI

ISBN-13

978-0-09-975991-1

Barcode

9780099759911

Categories

LSN

0-09-975991-8



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