Toni Morrison Discusses 'A Mercy'
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Uploaded by npr on Oct 29, 2008
Set in the 1680s, when this country's reliance on slavery as an economic engine was just beginning, 'A Mercy' explores the repercussions of an enslaved mother's desperate act: She offers her small daughter to a stranger in payment for her master's debt.
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@kate000ums really @ universities? what the hell could she possibly have to say?
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The interviewer looks mesmerized. Lol!
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Auteur merveilleux, femme remarquable !
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im so trying to get as much understanding for the background of the book i soo need it thanx for da post
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My favorite book! I LOVE you Toni!
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@regisnyder research "systems theory" and apply it to how we live out our lives. we are part and particle of one another and our streams of consciousness co-exist. she is a master because she captures that in her writing.
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For those of you going on about how poor people cannot afford to read...you need to wake up and spell the coffee. In most countries, including mine, there are what you call public schools that teach people to read, and public libraries where you can check those books out. I was very poor growing up, and I am still under what they call the "poverty line." Even so, I am well read. I loved A Mercy, it was very moving.
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...Snooki was payed more to speak at a university than this brilliant woman. What in God's name is wrong with America????
kate000ums 5 months ago 3
She's a great master of Literature. A fine artist of words.
msteras 1 year ago 2