Song of Solomon

Resumen del libro

Song of Solomon is a work of outstanding beauty and power, whose story covers the years from the 1930's to the 1960's in America. At its centre is Macon Dead Jr, the son of a wealthy black property owner, who has been brought up to revere the white world. Macon learns about the tyranny of white society from his friend Guitar, though he is more concerned to escape the tyranny of his father. So while Guitar joins a terrorist group of poor blacks, Macon goes home to the South, lured by tales of buried family treasure. His journey leads to the discovery of something more valuable than gold - his past. Yet the truth about his origins and his true self is not fully revealed to Macon until he and Guitar meet once again in powerful, and deadly confrontation.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Toni Morrison x{0026}lt;/B (1931-2019) nació en Lorain (Ohio). Alternó su trabajo de profesora de Humanidades en la Universidad de Princeton con la actividad literaria. En sus obras planteó la problemática de la población negra en Estados Unidos, en especial la situación de las mujeres. Fue autora de las novelas x{0026}lt;I Ojos azulesx{0026}lt;/I (1970), x{0026}lt;I Sula x{0026}lt;/I (1973), x{0026}lt;I La canción de Salomónx{0026}lt;/I (1977, National Book Critics Circle Award en 1978), x{0026}lt;I La isla de los caballerosx{0026}lt;/I (1981), x{0026}lt;I Beloved x{0026}lt;/I (1987, Premio Pulitzer), x{0026}lt;I Jazz x{0026}lt;/I (1992), x{0026}lt;I Paraíso x{0026}lt;/I (1997), x{0026}lt;I Amor x{0026}lt;/I (2003), x{0026}lt;I Una bendición x{0026}lt;/I (2008; Lumen, 2009), x{0026}lt;I Volver x{0026}lt;/I (Lumen, 2012) y x{0026}lt;I La noche de los niñosx{0026}lt;/I (Lumen, 2016), y de ensayos como x{0026}lt;I El origen de los otrosx{0026}lt;/I (Lumen, 2018). x{0026}lt;I La fuente de la autoestimax{0026}lt;/I (Lumen, 2020) es su último libro. En 1993 obtuvo el Premio Nobel de Literatura. Murió en agosto de 2019 en el pequeño pueblo neoyorquino de Grand View-on-Hudson a los ochenta y ocho años de edad.x{0026}lt;/P