Love: A Novel - Softcover

"Like love at first sight, it has the ability to startle." -The Boston Globe

"A deeply affecting work by a Great American Novelist who is still . . . at the top of her form. . . . Morrison's tender, taut prose wastes no word, no syllable, no letter. . . . A novel of devastating revelations, impeccably arranged." -The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"A marvelous work, which enlarges our conception not only of love but of racial politics, the ubiquitous past and . . . paradise." -Los Angeles Times Book Review

"A dense, dark star of a novel . . . with Morrison writing at the top of her game." -Newsweek

"Toni Morrison reframes the mythology of love in a dark light and comes away with a mesmerizing gem." -San Francisco Chronicle

"Like every other stealthy Morrison novel, Love has closets and cellars, bolt-holes and trap-doors and card tricks. . . . Yet again, she gives us dreams." -John Leonard, Vanity Fair

"The carefully crafted work of a storyteller entirely unburdened by her Nobel Prize. . . . William Faulkner and Eudora Welty would feel right welcome. . . . The moral palette of this novel displays a full range of colors." -The Christian Science Monitor

"A profound commentary on the power of love." -The Baltimore Sun

"Love is slim and tight as a folded fan, yet from it the author flashes a panorama three generations wide. . . . When the reader closes the book . . . there is the satisfaction of a song that has ended just right. The standing soloist we applaud . . . is the fierce literary intelligence of Morrison striking the chords of human experience and playing it wise." -The Miami Herald

"Magisterial and gripping . . . a knockout. . . . A reminder of what a marvel a novel can be." -Rocky Mountain News

"To enter a novel by Morrison is to enter a world fully imagined, and Love is no exception. . . . Love takes you on the first page and holds you in the welcome spell of a writer who knows what she's doing, and who can slip into the most ordinary sentence a twist of surprise." -San Jose Mercury News

"Love is Morrison back at the peak of her talent. . . . The novel lives up to its name and puts to rest any doubts that its author is anything except great." -New York Daily News

"[A] beautifully wrought meditation on society, family and human nature . . . brimming with provocative, beautiful writing." -The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Love . . . [is] like that song you remember from long ago, the one you danced to, sweet and slow, and which has haunted you ever since. . . . Morrison's tale lies in its telling, not just the lilting lyricism of her prose but also the insight into her characters' hidden hearts." -The Orlando Sentinel

"For pure pleasure, it deserves to be read more than once." -The Plain Dealer

"There is beauty and wisdom in Love. . . . Her lyrical talent and her profound intelligence . . . make themselves felt." -The New York Observer

The epitome of a group of women's ideals about love, fatherhood, and friendship, wealthy hotel owner Bill Cosey finds his life compromised by his troubled past and his feelings about a spellbinding woman named Celestial. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 200,000 first printing.