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-They shoot the white girl first. With the rest they can take their time.- So begins Toni Morrison's Paradise, which opens with a horrifying scene of mass violence and chronicles its genesis in an all-black small town in rural Oklahoma. Founded by the descendants of freed slaves and survivors in exodus from a hostile world, the patriarchal community of Ruby is built on righteousness, rigidly enforced moral law, and fear. But seventeen miles away, another group of exiles has gathered in a promised land of their own. And it is upon these women in flight from death and despair...

Eleven-year-old Billy Anderson is autistic, bound by rituals, and greatly agitated when things happen out of the ordinary. One night the power in his home suddenly fails, causing his mother, Meg, to unleash a fury of emotions and send a panicked Billy fleeing into the cold, wet darkness.

Billy-who has created his own world to keep himself safe-is now out of his element. Plunged into the unknown beyond his front door, his flight to escape his fears sends his parents into a panic. As he heads toward a church where he hopes to find candles, Billy's mother summons the police while his...

This latest page-turner from the national bestselling author of Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This and Somebody's Gotta Be On Top follows the adventures--romantic and otherwise--of philanderer-turned-fiance Darius Jones, and asks the perennial question: Why do fools fall in love?. . .

With some high-profile legal trouble behind him and a promising NBA career ahead of him--plus his engagement to his spirited...

In ihrem eindrücklichen Debütroman erzählt Nobelpreisträgerin Toni Morrison von zwei kleinen Mädchen, die in der Kleinstadt Lorain, Ohio, gemeinsam aufwachsen. Claudia hasst blonde Puppen, zerstört sie sogar. Pecola vergöttert Shirley Temple und wünscht sich selbst nichts so sehr wie blaue Augen. Doch in diesem Herbst 1941 wird Pecolas Wunsch nicht in Erfüllung gehen, ihr Leben wird sich auf andere, auf sehr schmerzhafte Weise verändern.

«An der kühnen Komposition der verschiedenen Episoden und an der Musikalität der Sprache - die Tanja Handels' Neuübersetzung sehr...