Saturday, May 23, 2015

Stirring Images from the First Ever Illustrated Version of Toni Morrison’s ‘Beloved’

Stirring Images from the First Ever Illustrated Version of Toni Morrison's 'Beloved'

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Toni Morrison’s Beloved is widely considered the greatest of all American novels published in last quarter of the 20th century, but, until now, it has never been released as an illustrated edition — this despite the effortless magic with which Morrison invokes (or provokes) her images of postbellum black life. Thankfully, 
The Folio Society has now released a moving, brilliantly illustrated version of Beloved, complete with an introduction by Russell Banks. Morrison chose Banks to write about the novel, and she also selected the novel’s gifted illustrator, Joe Morse, whose work you can see below. Flavorwire talked with Mr. Morse about his approach illustrating Morrison’s masterpiece. … Read More

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