Toni Morrison is a very renowned literary figure known for her many important books. Most of her works revolve around the theme of racial discrimination and its aftereffects on black people in America.
Toni Morrison remains to be the first woman of the black community to receive a Nobel Prize in literature.
She has used the true colours of her pen to paint reality in its clearest form, and that’s what makes her books stand out.
Some of the books by Toni Morrison are going to be listed below.
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Home (2012)
The novel Home by Toni Morrison is published in the twenty-first century only, but the novel was set in 1950. In the novel ‘Home’, Frank Money is framed as its central character. Frank Money is a black African American who just came back from the war in Korea and started having flashbacks of his painful childhood.
The central theme of the novel Home is racism, abusive childhood, and its after-effects on adults’ minds.
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Sula (1973)
Sula is the second-ever novel published by Toni Morrison, and some of the harshest experiences are penned aggressively. The novel Sula deals with the life of two black women, Nel and Sula. The two women made entirely different choices and bearing the consequences of the same. The novel is named after Sula because of her way more unconventional life choices.
Toni Morrison’s novels are not much bulky, but the themes are heavier enough.
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Beloved (1987)
Like most of Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved is also set in the state of Ohio. Beloved remains to be the most successful of her novels, winning her Pulitzer Prize and literary honor.
The novel delves into the subject matter of slavery, traumatic past, and loss of identity. Repression leads to violent bonding of family members. There is the use of unnatural elements, but it eventually brings the truth float on the surface.
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Tar Baby (1981)
Tar Baby is about a couple who claims to be lover earlier, but in later stages, they end up as each other rival. Wherever they come together to mend the relationship, it ends up entangling them only. They choose to separate and pick up different lifestyles.
The title Tar Baby is inspired by a folktale is about effort and entanglement. The deterioration of the relationship is directly related to their racial discrimination experiences in society. It is an intriguing story of a black couple.
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Love (2002)
The novel ‘Love’ by Toni Morrison has a central character Bill Cosey, who is the element of affection for so many women. The novel tracks his love language and his romantic relationships. The women couldn’t get over him long after he died.
The novel tracks the past life events of Bill Cosey, the beginning of his relationship with his wife and other women, and the effects of his death on these women.
The novel is written in a very fragmented manner, and it is the audience who is left to make sense of various love languages.
Conclusion
Sites like Icy Heroes talk about how Toni Morrison has grown up to be an important literary figure in the community of African Americans. While exploring the lives of blacks, Morrison connects the individual behavioural patterns from their past lives. Her titles are mostly symbolic of the central theme of her novels, so one cannot make a guess about the content just by reading the title.
