The Bluest Eyes

Paperback, 215 pages

English language

Published Nov. 8, 1994 by Plume.

ISBN:
978-0-452-27305-4
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The Bluest Eye is the story of a black girl who prays -- with unforeseen consequences -- for her eyes to turn blue so she will be accepted.

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As Toni lays out, "I focused, therefore, on how something as grotesque as the demonization of an entire race could take root inside the most delicate member of society: a child; the most vulnerable member: a female."

A truly devastating book in almost every regard.

Subjects

  • African American
  • Growing Up