{"product_id":"jazz-toni-morrison-9781400076215","title":"Jazz","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner, a passionate, profound story of love and obsession that brings us back and forth in time, as a narrative is assembled from the emotions, hopes, fears, and deep realities of Black urban life. With a foreword by the author.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"As rich in themes and poetic images as her Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eBeloved.\u003c\/i\u003e... Morrison conjures up the hand of slavery on Harlem's jazz generation. The more you listen, the more you crave to hear.\" --\u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the winter of 1926, when everybody everywhere sees nothing but good things ahead, Joe Trace, middle-aged door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products, shoots his teenage lover to death. At the funeral, Joe's wife, Violet, attacks the girl's corpse. This novel \"transforms a familiar refrain of jilted love into a bold, sustaining time of self-knowledge and discovery. Its rhythms are infectious\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The author conjures up worlds with complete authority and makes no secret of her angst at the injustices dealt to Black women.\"\u003ci\u003e --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Toni Morrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400076218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400076215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 5.16w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e68894 \/ Jazz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEbony\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2004 pg. 30","brand":"Toni Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053415526655,"sku":"9781400076215","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b03b59e0-ba83-4bdf-b34d-1987a6a7dfd4.jpg?v=1685024216","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jazz-toni-morrison-9781400076215","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}