{"product_id":"tar-baby-9780394423296","title":"Tar Baby","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTar Baby by Toni Morrison\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA ravishingly beautiful and emotionally incendiary reinvention of the love story by the legendary Nobel Prize winner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJadine Childs is a Black fashion model with a white patron, a white boyfriend, and a coat made out of ninety perfect sealskins. Son is a Black fugitive who embodies everything she loathes and desires. As Morrison follows their affair, which plays out from the Caribbean to Manhattan and the deep South, she charts all the nuances of obligation and betrayal between Blacks and whites, masters and servants, and men and women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Classic Novel\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1981, \u003ci\u003eTar Baby\u003c\/i\u003e stands as one of Toni Morrison's most complex explorations of race, class, and gender in American literature. The novel moves fluidly between settings—from a Caribbean island to New York City to the rural South—mirroring the fractured identities of its central characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMorrison crafts a narrative that examines the tensions between assimilation and cultural authenticity, between the allure of white-dominated society and the pull of Black heritage. Through Jadine and Son's volatile relationship, she dissects the psychological and emotional costs of these choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy Read Tar Baby\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis hardcover edition preserves Morrison's intricate prose and unflinching examination of love across racial and class divides. The novel's exploration of identity, obligation, and desire remains as relevant today as when it was first published. Morrison's masterful storytelling weaves mythology, social commentary, and intimate character study into a work that challenges readers to confront uncomfortable truths about American society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor readers of literary fiction, book clubs, and anyone interested in understanding the complexities of race relations and cultural identity, \u003ci\u003eTar Baby\u003c\/i\u003e offers a reading experience that is both intellectually demanding and emotionally powerful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680587616530,"sku":"9780394423296","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_efeb86d6-9685-4d7c-b0bc-905fe88c4380.jpg?v=1734922978","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tar-baby-9780394423296","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}