Beloved is a 1998 american fantasy drama film directed by jonathan demme and starring oprah winfrey, danny glover, and thandie newton. Beloved from the movie adaptation on the cover that i read from the library, the book. Beloved has held up quite well over the years, despite morrison being as much a product of her time as any other novelist. Above the list, speak directly to the readers, and give them the primary reason why they should read your book. Im a published novelist, and i participate in several writing groups and online communities. A boring back cover text will cause the reader to lose interest and put the book back on the shelf. From the four horsemen who come to take sethe back to slavery reminiscent of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, to baby suggs miraculous feast which recalls jesus miracle of feeding thousands with five loaves of bread and two fish, many episodes in the novel gain significance. Beloved childrens book thirteen clocks is back james thurbers decadesold, modern take on the standard fairy tale has just been reprinted. Beloved from the movie adaptation on the cover that i read from the library, the book itself. No woman will ever be allowed within striking distance of my heart. Beloved vintage international kindle edition by morrison, toni. Its true that beloved is the 26th book on the american library associations top 100 bannedchallenged books for 20002009 and has been challenged for its violence, sexuality, and more. How to build the back of a book cover with template reedsy. Book summary beloved is not narrated chronologically.
Pdf beloved book by toni morrison free download 324 pages. Set after the american civil war, it is inspired by the life of margaret garner, an african american who escaped slavery in kentucky in late january 1856 by crossing the ohio river to ohio, a free state. Based on the book by toni morrison, in which a slave is. Though slavery was over long before i was even thought of, the book beloved by toni morrison carried me back to some of the darkest years in world history. How to write a back cover book synopsis pen and the pad. Beloved, by toni morrison makes a great book club choice. Beloved is a lifechanging book that ill, personally, never forget.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. It was a story that needed to be told about slavery, but the use of the supernatural made it hard to understand. This assignment was to create a book cover for an existing or madeup book of our choice. I felt that some chapters were forced they added more to the writers vanity than to the narrative, which is why the book gets about a 3. How to build the back of a book cover with template. Toni morrisonauthor of song of solomon and tar babyis a writer of remarkable powers.
Just before baby suggss death, sethes two sons, howard and buglar, ran away. Beloved 9780394535975 by morrison, toni and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Beloved by toni morrison 1987, hardcover for sale online. Beloved is a book that is often found on reading lists for high school students. She is restrained, but in the confusion beloved disappears, never to return. The book is rather dark, and based during the time of slavery in the south, so i wanted my cover to convey that same emotional energy and sinisterlooking qualities. Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in the book search column. I went with beloved, by toni morrison, a book i read in high school that really stuck with me. Simon hart, ironhearted, insufferably stubborn long, tall texan hed sworn off romantic entaglements forever.
If you dont have a print version of your book and its only sold online, everything in this article about back book blurbs can be applied to your book description in online listings. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. Some informative blog posts have addressed techniques for creating an effective front cover, but an often overlooked aspect of book cover design is the back of the book. It typically serves as the foundation for your online book descriptions, as well as any press releases or pitches you make to the media. You might ask, does the back of the book even matter. As a result, it is not an easy read if you havent encountered william faulkner, james joyce, or virginia woolf.
The back cover copy you write for your book is among the most important marketing messages youll craft. In the troubled years following the civil war, the spirit of a murdered child haunts the ohio home of a former slave. The film tells the story of sethe oprah winfrey, who was a slave on a kentucky plantation in the days before the civil war. Back cover copy is the blurb on the back of a book. Beloved is a novel by toni morrison that was first published in 1987. Sadly, and despite toni morrisons undoubted pedigree for she won the nobel prize in literature in 1993 i do agree with either of these epithets. The perspectives of all the characters during this period piece are diverse yet many of the same conclusions are drawn. As is the case in the best detective novels maddening clues needed to. Morrison had come across an account of garner, a visit to the slave mother who killed her child in an 1856 newspaper article published in the american bapt. I am sleepless and i need a moment to organize my thoughts, sort out my feelings. This spiritual classic began as a simple request from one friend to another for a book explaining the spiritual life in terms that he and his friends could understand, avoiding theology and technical language. After the book title and front cover, the back cover is the next thing readers look at when deciding whether to make a purchase. Sethes motherinlaw, baby suggs, lived with them until her death eight years earlier. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 324 pages and is available in paperback format.
Beloved, novel by toni morrison, published in 1987 and winner of the 1988 pulitzer prize. Its not writing the book but writing the back cover text. Our friends at bookbub carried out an ab test in which they sent group a a book description with a testimonial and group b. Beloved begins in 1873 in cincinnati, ohio, where sethe, a former slave, has been living with her eighteenyearold daughter denver. Testimonials are incredibly persuasive in transforming potential readers into readers. Now youre seeing why most authors find them so hard to write. One way to write this primary reason is to present it as a question. This is one of the most important pieces of copy youll write, since it has a lot of work to do representing your book and showing people whats unique, interesting, or especially valuable about what you. Mourning beloved, sethe laments, she was my best thing. Beloved is a 1987 novel by the american writer toni morrison. Beloved is widely recognized as one of the greatest american novels ever writtenit won the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1988 it was nominated for, but did not win, the national book award, a slight that fortyeight writers and critics protested with a letter in the new york times, as well as the robert f.
What is the summary written on the cover at the back of a. All the allegories behind the main characters truths shed light on the horrors of slavery in american history. It was a difficult book to read because you were never sure what was real. Get e books beloved on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms. The work examines the destructive legacy of slavery as it chronicles the life of a black woman named sethe, from her precivil war days as a slave in kentucky to her time in cincinnati, ohio, in 1873. Sethe works at beating back the past, but it makes itself heard and felt incessantly. Captured, she killed her child rather than have her taken back into slavery. With oprah winfrey, danny glover, yada beener, emil pinnock. Writers use the term blurb to describe the text on the back of the book. But every man had a weakness, and his was the beautiful, beguiling tira beck.
Morrison has chosen a bold way of presenting her point and the book reads well for the most part. Following, we have constructed a basic outline of the action in the story. This weekend marked the 30th anniversary of the publication of toni morrisons masterpiece beloved, a novel about a woman who kills her. The winner of the 1988 pulitzer prize and a finalist for the 1987 national book award, beloved remains american novelist toni morrisons crowning achievement. Put the bulleted list in the middle of the copy you write for your back cover. The next step is grabbing the readers interest with a tempting back. Free download or read online beloved pdf epub book. The novel seems, for example, more current and compelling than the. Its not every day you run into someone whose specialty is back cover copy for your book. Buy beloved book online at low prices in india beloved. It features a gritty infanticide, racial language, horrific sexual assaults, and even references to sex with animals. Beloved by toni morrison meet your next favorite book.
Beloved, novel by toni morrison, published in 1987 and winner of the 1988. The backcover copy also functions as the primary ad for your book. Yq audio for novel beloved by toni morrison, ch 1 youtube. I can embroider what youd like on the front, spine, back and a little on the inside of the flap. Back cover definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Set after the american civil war 186165, it is inspired by the life of margaret garner, an african american who escaped slavery in kentucky in late january 1856 by crossing the ohio river to ohio, a free state. I read it because our book club felt it was a classic that should be read. These words, if written well, will hook the reader and convince them they need to buy your book.
Its still a book now that the book is also a movie, you have your requisite madeintoamovie book cover. Now sethe is free, and lives in a frame house on a few acres on the outskirts of cincinnati124 bluestone road, the film informs us, as if it would be an ordinary house if it were not for the poltergeist that haunts it. See a complete list of the characters in beloved and indepth analyses of sethe, denver, and beloved. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this books net price to charity. It goes without saying that the cover of your book is key. The main characters of this fiction, classics story are baby suggs, sethe. Summary and synopsis are also used but, in my experience, are used only in. Not only will it appear on the book itself, but youll probably use it as your amazon description. Based on toni morrisons 1987 novel of the same name, the plot centers on a former slave after the american civil war, her haunting by a poltergeist, and the visitation of her reincarnated daughter. Books with great back cover texts usually go up in high sales. I read this book because it was listed in a recent television programme as one of the most influential books of the 20th century, and on its back cover as an american masterpiece. Nouwens answer has become one of the most cherished books of our era.
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