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Sula

Toni Morrison

1980154 pagesabout 2–4 hours
1980
first published
  • 1980Chatto & Windus · 174 pages · ENGISBN 9780701124236
  • 1982Triad Grafton · 154 pages · ENGISBN 9780586049808
  • 1982Dutton/Plume · 174 pages · ENGISBN 9780452253339
  • 1993Chatto & Windus · 174 pages · ENGISBN 9780701162054
  • 2002Thorndike Press · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9780786246533
  • 2004Vintage International · 174 pages · ENGISBN 9781400033430
  • 2002Knopf · 192 pages · ENGISBN 9780375415357
  • 2002Plume · 192 pages · ENGISBN 9780452283862

Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. In this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison tells the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of Medallion, Ohio. Their 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.

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AtmosphereWhimsical

How it reads

Plot intensityCharacter driven
Character focusSmall ensemble

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