Toni Morrison
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Books of the week: From Savarkar biography to Sharbari Ahmed's Dust Under Her Feet, our picks
Aarushi Agrawal •Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.
Toni Morrison's therapeutic radicalism imbued her writing with a timbre that resonates across time and place
Paromita Patranobish •Toni Morrison’s prose is also an engagement with the ways in which the erosion of language, autonomy, tradition, and community has profound implications for the psychological lives of black subjects
Toni Morrison, a giant of American literature, perfected a confluence of lyricism and no-nonsense truthtelling
Aditya Mani Jha •Beloved, Jazz and 1997’s Paradise form Toni Morrison’s ‘black history’ trilogy, and are basically required reading for students of American literature.
Remembering Toni Morrison: From Beloved to Jazz and The Bluest Eye, a look at the Nobel laureate's best works
Fp Staff •Morrison, who died at 88, created a lasting impact on readers as she explored the lives of African-Americans and the complexities of womanhood through her riveting, lyrical prose.
Toni Morrison, Nobel prize winner and author of Beloved, passes away at 88
Fp Staff •Publisher Alfred A Knopf says Morrison died Monday night at Montefiore Medical Center in New York.
British author Kazuo Ishiguro thought news of his winning Nobel Prize for Literature was 'hoax'
•Japan-born British author Kazuo Ishiguro who on Tuesday won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature, initially thought it was a "hoax".