An edition of The Bluest Eye (1970)

The Bluest Eye

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The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison, Toni Morrison
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An edition of The Bluest Eye (1970)

The Bluest Eye

  • 4.2 (26 ratings) ·
  • 532 Want to read
  • 19 Currently reading
  • 55 Have read

Each night Pecola prayed for blue eyes.

In her eleven years, no one had ever noticed Pecola. But with blue eyes, she thought, everything would be different. She would be so pretty that her parents would stop fighting. Her father would stop drinking. Her brother would stop running away. If only she could be beautiful. If only people would look at her.

When someone finally did, it was her father, drunk. He raped her. Soon she would bear his child...

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Edition Availability
Cover of: The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
2007-05, Vintage International
Paperback in English - 1st Vintage International ed. (17)
Cover of: The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
2004, RosettaBooks
Electronic resource in English - 1st electronic edition
Cover of: The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
2000 06, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover in English - 7th printing
Cover of: The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
2000?, Plume
Paperback in English - 1st Plume Printing (37)
Cover of: The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
1999, G.K. Hall
Hardcover in English - U.S. Large print edition
Cover of: The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
1994-02, Alfred A. Knopf
in English
Cover of: The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
1994, Plume
library binding in English
Cover of: The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
1993 12, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover in English - 1st Knopf ed.
Cover of: The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
July 1984, Perfection Learning Prebound
Unknown Binding
Cover of: The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
1979, Pocket Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - 5th printing
Cover of: The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
1979, Washington Square Press
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st Pocket Books printing (16)

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First Sentence

"Nuns go by as quiet as lust, and drunken men and sober eyes sing in the lobby of the Greek hotel."

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ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9357346M
ISBN 10
0812410971
ISBN 13
9780812410976
Goodreads
3137704

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Here is the house.
added by Lisa.

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May 10, 2023 Edited by AgentSapphire merge authors
September 29, 2012 Edited by Apples merge authors
April 24, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs.
April 16, 2010 Edited by bgimpertBot Added goodreads ID.
April 30, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from amazon.com record