The Bluest Eye

The literary highlight of my year so far came from a writer I thought I knew well already. I had read (and loved) many of Morrison's novels, but when I learned that she narrates the audio versions of some of her best-known books, I took that chance to catch up with one I'd missed, her debut. And my god, what a debut, and what an experience to hear it in the author's voice, recorded decades after she wrote it. The precision of her language, the surprises of her choices at every turn (which only feel inevitable after she has made them), her persistence in fully inhabiting each of her characters, even the most reprehensible: all of these are heightened by the resonance and sheer delight of Morrison's reading. A revelation! Order the audiobook of The Bluest Eyefrom our partners at Libro.fm Old Book of the Week