tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post802891563711641576..comments2023-12-18T20:41:36.391-08:00Comments on The Reading List: Book #52: What's Historical about the Historical Novel? Toni Morrison's Latest NovelLeslie Shimotakaharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876376938826990379noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post-71251818447155217012011-07-26T10:25:40.514-07:002011-07-26T10:25:40.514-07:00Thanks for the suggestion. It's on my to-read...Thanks for the suggestion. It's on my to-read list! I've heard good things about it from other friends, too.Leslie Shimotakaharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876376938826990379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post-11915291046928533472011-07-25T13:02:09.194-07:002011-07-25T13:02:09.194-07:00Have you tried Stockett's THE HELP? I really e...Have you tried Stockett's THE HELP? I really enjoyed it.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00804925336786082096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post-35764633596344274722011-07-25T10:34:38.670-07:002011-07-25T10:34:38.670-07:00Thanks for the catch, Jim! I pulled my copy off m...Thanks for the catch, Jim! I pulled my copy off my bookshelf and you are right that BELOVED is set in the 1870s.... The scenes that look back to Sethe's days as a slave "protecting" her infant daughter (I shan't say how to avoid SPOILER territory for those who haven't read it) stand out most vividly in my mind. I guess that's why I remembered this novel as an antebellum novel.Leslie Shimotakaharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876376938826990379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post-71311533924947721432011-07-24T23:50:34.811-07:002011-07-24T23:50:34.811-07:00If I can make one tiny quibble, and I think it was...If I can make one tiny quibble, and I think it was how you wrote the sentence (maybe refering instead to the novel at hand), BELOVED actually is a postbellum novel; although events described did occur prior to the war, the novel is set in the 1870s, if I remember correctly. I sometimes think historical fiction is a wonderfulw ay to get people to think about historical events, even perhaps send them to the history texts, and even better, the primary sources. Good luch with your project.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00804925336786082096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post-38153354824283840442011-07-21T15:40:12.037-07:002011-07-21T15:40:12.037-07:00I cannot imagine how sad it must be not to know yo...I cannot imagine how sad it must be not to know your mother as a daughter striving to find herself. A friend of mine knew but never really understood her mother and she, too, felt rootless in trying to find herself. I will look for Morrison's new book. Thanks!Naomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723897528550281454noreply@blogger.com