beloved

Beloved - a novel by Toni Morrison published in 1987. It was the fifth and most praised novel by the author. She received the Pulitzer Prize and was featured on the list of the most important literary works of the past 25 years, created by The New York Times. She was also in the final of the National Book Award, but this award was not received, sparked by the protest of black writers and critics who issued an open letter signed by 48 authors (including Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, John Edgar Wideman, and Henry ' Louis Gates Jr.), in which they protest that Morrison never received this award for any of her works.

The novel is inspired by the fate of Margaret Garner, the fugitive slave who murdered her daughter, wanting to protect her from being captured by slave hunters.

The story of Sethe,

In 1998, a film adaptation of the novel, In love, Oprah Winfrey played the lead role in the film.

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