Female Minority Voices Book Club: “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison

Date: 26.02.2024
Time: 18:00-21:00
Host: Female Minority Voices



Welcome to the second The Female Minority Voices Book Club meeting of the year! For February and Black History Month, our book pick is The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.

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About the book: ‘The Bluest Eye’ is Toni Morrison's first novel, a book heralded for its richness of language and boldness of vision. Set in the author's girlhood hometown of Lorain, Ohio, it tells the story of black, eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove. Pecola prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be as beautiful and beloved as all the blond, blue-eyed children in America. In the autumn of 1941, the year the marigolds in the Breedloves' garden do not bloom. Pecola's life does change—in painful, devastating ways. With its vivid evocation of the fear and loneliness at the heart of a child's yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment. ‘The Bluest Eye’ remains one of Toni Morrison's most powerful, unforgettable novels- and a significant work of American fiction.


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Our team member Rodolfo Baldinotti will be able to order the book for those of you who want to use this offer. He will give a list to the bookstore (Norli Strandgaten) and you will be contacted when the book is ready to be picked up (payment then and there). Send an email with your full name and contact information to: femaleminorityvoices@gmail.com

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And as always, if you don't get the chance to read the book, come anyway!The book functions as a conversation starter, so just read up on the theme/topic of the book, and join us for a good conversation - and bring a friend!See you there!

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