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The Bluest Eye
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The Bluest Eye Paperback - 1999

by Toni Morrison


About this book

The Bluest Eye is a 1970 novel by American author Toni Morrison. It is Morrison's first novel, written while Morrison was teaching at Howard University and was raising her two sons on her own. The story is about a year in the life of a young black girl in Lorain, Ohio named Pecola Breedlove. It takes place against the backdrop of America's Midwest as well as in the years following the Great Depression. 

Brutal in its depictions of racism, incest, and child molestation, The Bluest Eye has remained on the often-challenged and banned books list almost every year since its publication.

From the publisher

The chronicle of the tragic lives of a poor black family in 1940s America. Every night Pecola, unlovely and unloved, prays for blue eyes like those of her white schoolfellows. She becomes the focus of the mingled love and hatred engendered by her family's frailty and the world's cruelty.

First Edition Identification

Quite scarce! Morrison's first novel was published by Holt Rinehart Winston in New York, 1970. The first edition is stated on the copyright page, and the jacket is priced at $5.95.

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  • Title The Bluest Eye
  • Author Toni Morrison
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition International Ed
  • Pages 172
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage Books, London
  • Date 1999-03
  • ISBN 9780099759911 / 0099759918
  • Weight 0.36 lbs (0.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.84 x 5.16 x 0.57 in (19.91 x 13.11 x 1.45 cm)
  • Ages 14 to 18 years
  • Grade levels 9 - 13
  • Reading level 920
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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