Love
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Got this for my birthday from my good friend woodsroy. I loved Beloved and The Bluest Eye so I look forward to reading another of Morrison's books. Thanks woodsroy!
About the story:
May, Christine, Heed, Junior, Vida -- even L: all women obsessed by Bill Cosey. More than the wealthy owner of the famous Cosey Hotel and Resort, he shapes their yearnings for father, husband, lover, guardian, friend, yearnings that dominate the lives of these women long after his death. Yet while he is both the void in, and the centre of, their stories, he himself is driven by secret forces -- a troubled past and a spellbinding woman named Celestial.
This audacious vision of the nature of love -- its appetite, its sublime possession, its dread -- is rich in characters and striking scenes, and in its profound understanding of how alive the past can be.
About the story:
May, Christine, Heed, Junior, Vida -- even L: all women obsessed by Bill Cosey. More than the wealthy owner of the famous Cosey Hotel and Resort, he shapes their yearnings for father, husband, lover, guardian, friend, yearnings that dominate the lives of these women long after his death. Yet while he is both the void in, and the centre of, their stories, he himself is driven by secret forces -- a troubled past and a spellbinding woman named Celestial.
This audacious vision of the nature of love -- its appetite, its sublime possession, its dread -- is rich in characters and striking scenes, and in its profound understanding of how alive the past can be.
I finished this off last weekend...finally! I did enjoy it but just couldn't seem to find the time to read.
This is my third Morrison book and I find I really enjoy the smooth flow of her writing. It's comforting in a way. Though this wasn't a happy story by any means, it gave me kind of a warm feeling at the end :-)
This book explores family history (the Cosey family in particular) as well as the struggles of African Americans in the US both in the past and in more recent times (a common theme for Morrison). But, I didn't find it preachy, I found it very interesting and I think I learned something. It bothered me how Bill Cosey took up with an 11-year-old girl (and how it ended up affecting her) but it was all part of the drama of the story and without that event (their marriage) the events that followed wouldn't have happened. It was sad but in the end there was some redemption (for Christine, Heed, and Romen) and reconciliation. So, in a way, there was some happiness to the ending.
It was interesting how I didn't realize how the title "Love" related to the story really until the end. I know each woman in the story had love for someone at some point (mostly for Bill Cosey) but it was really Christine and Heed's love (of the friendship kind) that was the centre of this book.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good drama and good writing. I look forward to reading more from Morrison.
This is my third Morrison book and I find I really enjoy the smooth flow of her writing. It's comforting in a way. Though this wasn't a happy story by any means, it gave me kind of a warm feeling at the end :-)
This book explores family history (the Cosey family in particular) as well as the struggles of African Americans in the US both in the past and in more recent times (a common theme for Morrison). But, I didn't find it preachy, I found it very interesting and I think I learned something. It bothered me how Bill Cosey took up with an 11-year-old girl (and how it ended up affecting her) but it was all part of the drama of the story and without that event (their marriage) the events that followed wouldn't have happened. It was sad but in the end there was some redemption (for Christine, Heed, and Romen) and reconciliation. So, in a way, there was some happiness to the ending.
It was interesting how I didn't realize how the title "Love" related to the story really until the end. I know each woman in the story had love for someone at some point (mostly for Bill Cosey) but it was really Christine and Heed's love (of the friendship kind) that was the centre of this book.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good drama and good writing. I look forward to reading more from Morrison.
