Song of Solomon

4.4 avg 453 votes 13 reviews 740 want to read

About this book

Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. With this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison transfigures the coming-of-age story as audaciously as Saul Bellow or Gabriel García Márquez. As she follows Milkman from his rustbelt city to the place of his family’s origins, Morrison introduces an entire cast of strivers and seeresses, liars and assassins, the inhabitants of a fully realized black world.

4.4 ★★★★☆ average of 4 sources · 453 votes
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13 reviews · 740 want to read · 10 reading now

Apple Books 4.5 453
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4.4/5 · 453 readers · 352 pages · ≈ 6 h 31 m · Demanding

How long does it take to read Song of Solomon?

About ≈ 6 h 31 m — 352 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mSong of Solomon~6 h 31 m

How many pages is Song of Solomon?

352 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Song of Solomon352

What genre is Song of Solomon?

It sits on the Fiction shelves.

Is Song of Solomon in the public domain?

Yes — it is free to read and share.

Where does Song of Solomon take place?

It is set in Michigan.

Who wrote Song of Solomon?

Toni Morrison.

Where can I read Song of Solomon online for free?

It is in the public domain — read it free on Open Library

Setting Michigan
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