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Sula

By: Toni Morrison
Narrated by: Toni Morrison
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From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner: Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. This brilliantly imagined novel brings us the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of Medallion, Ohio.

Nel and Sula's devotion is fierce enough to withstand bullies and the burden of a dreadful secret. It endures even after Nel has grown up to be a pillar of the black community and Sula has become a pariah. But their friendship ends in an unforgivable betrayal—or does it end? Terrifying, comic, ribald and tragic, Sula is a work that overflows with life.

©1973 Toni Morrison (P)2002 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc. African American Classics Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction

Critic Reviews

“Extravagantly beautiful. . . . Enormously, achingly alive. . . . A howl of love and rage, playful and funny as well as hard and bitter.” —The New York Times

“Exemplary. . . . The essential mysteries of death and sex, friendship and poverty are expressed with rare economy.” —Newsweek

“In characters like Sula, Toni Morrison’s originality and power emerge.” —The Nation
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So much gained from hearing it straight from Morrison. This is a beautiful story, and my life is richer from having listened to it.

Beautiful Voice, Beautiful Story

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Love this. The characters are so beautifully described. You can visualize them. It touches on so many topics - freedom, loneliness, good and evil.
So grateful for Toni Morrison’s sublime narration !

Great story, Legendary narration!

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I starting listening to this once I heard about Toni's death. it hit so many raw nerves but in such a masterful way that you can't hit stop.
Sulas character will stick with me. she is a burning totem of power, so unmovable. hot and chilling. the only negative comment is The quiet narration by the author. still it made it all the more special to hear it in her own voice

Heartbreaking, Raw, but softly spoken

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