{"product_id":"beloved-introduction-by-a-s-byatt-9780307264886","title":"Beloved: Introduction by A. S. Byatt","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, Toni Morrison's \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e is a spellbinding and dazzlingly innovative portrait of a woman haunted by the past. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has borne the unthinkable and not gone mad, yet she is still held captive by memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. Meanwhile Sethe's house has long been troubled by the angry, destructive ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: \u003ci\u003eBeloved. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSethe works at beating back the past, but it makes itself heard and felt incessantly in her memory and in the lives of those around her. When a mysterious teenage girl arrives, calling herself Beloved, Sethe's terrible secret explodes into the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining the visionary power of legend with the unassailable truth of history, Morrison's unforgettable novel is one of the great and enduring works of American literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTONI MORRISON is the author of eleven novels, from \u003ci\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/i\u003e (1970) to \u003ci\u003eGod Help the Child\u003c\/i\u003e (2015). She received the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and in 1993 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She died in 2019.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50611083542802,"sku":"9780307264886","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d2151dca-75aa-4f73-84e7-5d51cf87574d.jpg?v=1732356608","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beloved-introduction-by-a-s-byatt-9780307264886","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}