Recitatif A Story
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Random House N.Y.
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
01.03.2022
Verlag
Random House N.Y.Seitenzahl
128
Maße (L/B/H)
17,6/12,2/1,2 cm
Gewicht
90 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-593-55664-1
“A puzzle of a story, then—a game.... When [Morrison] called Recitatif an ‘experiment’ she meant it. The subject of the experiment is the reader.” —Zadie Smith, award-winning, best-selling author of White Teeth
In this 1983 short story—the only short story Morrison ever wrote—we meet Twyla and Roberta, who have known each other since they were eight years old and spent four months together as roommates in St. Bonaventure shelter. Inseparable then, they lose touch as they grow older, only later to find each other again at a diner, a grocery store, and again at a protest. Seemingly at opposite ends of every problem, and at each other's throats each time they meet, the two women still cannot deny the deep bond their shared experience has forged between them.
Another work of genius by this masterly writer, Recitatif keeps Twyla's and Roberta's races ambiguous throughout the story. Morrison herself described Recitatif, a story which will keep readers thinking and discussing for years to come, as "an experiment in the removal of all racial codes from a narrative about two characters of different races for whom racial identity is crucial." We know that one is white and one is Black, but which is which? And who is right about the race of the woman the girls tormented at the orphanage?
A remarkable look into what keeps us together and what keeps us apart, and how perceptions are made tangible by reality, Recitatif is a gift to readers in these changing times.
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The subject of this experiment is YOU
A unique interesting book about two girls and the life they led. One is black, one is white. From orphanage to adulthood, what aspects of their live give an indication to their race? The author never reveals the truth. Who's who? -
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a short story that takes long to forget
This short story is a striking reminder of our shared humanity—one shaped by race, but not defined by it. With subtle power, Toni Morrison challenges the reader to confront their own unconscious biases and expectations. The story feels both familiar and abstract, like a blurred memory. This tension reveals how easily we can be cruel to those who are different, despite our need to connect. Morrison presents a world divided by race, yet racially ambiguous, making the story feel like a haunting thought experiment. One important note: save Zadie Smith’s introduction for after you’ve read the story, as it contains spoilers that may take away from the full emotional impact of the ending.
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