Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison’s novel, "Song of Solomon," tells the story of a young black man, Milkman Dead, and his family. Milkman is born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurls himself off a rooftop in an attempt at flight, but he’ll spend the rest of his life trying to fly. Morrison’s brilliant imagination transfigures the coming-of-age story as audaciously as Saul Bellow or Gabriel García Márquez. In her follow-up novel "Beloved," she brings to life an entire cast of strivers and seers, liars, and assassins. You can't go wrong by reading or re-reading anything written by Toni Morrison.