Thursday, September 10, 2009

Giveaway - The Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

In the spirit of discussion on this blog of American classics last month, I am going to give away my gently used trade paperback copy of The Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison.

Summary (From the Publisher):
Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon, a novel of large beauty and power, creates a magical world out of four generations of black life in America, a world we enter on the day of the birth of Macon Dead, Jr. (known as Milkman), son of the richest black family in a mid-western town; the day on which the lonely insurance man, Robert Smith, poised in blue silk wings, attempts to fly from a steeple of the hospital, a black Icarus looking homeward...

We see Milkman growing up in his father's money-haunted, death-haunted house with his silent sisters and strangely passive mother, beginning to move outward--through his profound love and combat with his friend Guitar...through Guitar's mad and loving commitment to the secret avengers called the Seven Days...through Milkman's exotic, imprisoning affair with his love-blind cousin, Hagar...and through his unconscious apprenticeship to his mystical Aunt Pilate, who saved his life before he was born.

And we follow him as he strikes out alone; moving first toward adventure and then--as the unspoken truth about his family and his own buried heritage announces itself--toward an adventurous and crucial embrace of life.

This is a novel that expresses, with passion, tenderness, and a magnificence of language, the mysterious primal essence of family bond and conflict, the feelings and experience of all people wanting, and striving, to be alive.

About the Author (from inside the book):

Toni Morrison was born in Lorain, Ohio. Song of Solomon won the 1978 National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. She is the winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Giveaway Details:

There is one gently used copy of this book up for grabs. If you would like to enter this contest do any of the following:

1. Leave a comment on this post. You must include an email address in at least one of your comments. If I can't find a way to contact you I will draw another winner. (1 entry)

2. Blog about this giveaway or post about it on your sidebar. Leave a separate comment with a link to your post. (1 entry)

3. Become a follower or leave a comment that you already are a follower of this blog. (1 entry)

There are three ways to enter, but you must LEAVE A SEPARATE COMMENT for each one or they will not count.
I will be using random.org to pick the winners from the comments.

This contest is only open to US and Canadian residents.

The deadline for entry is midnight, Friday September 25th.

Good luck!

17 comments:

  1. I would love to win this book! I can't believe I haven't read it yet.

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  2. I posted about this giveaway in the sidebar of my blog.

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  3. I already have a copy of "The Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison, but I'll help you advertise your contest on my blog. I know I'll post again on the 17th.

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  4. I'm not entering since I already own it! Just wanted to stop by and let you know that I have an award for you over at my blog!

    http://thetruebookaddict.blogspot.com/2009/09/who-loves-your-blog-award.html

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  5. Yeah! I'm already a follower!

    hmsgofita at hotmail dot com

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  6. I love giveaways for free books! Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Believe it or not I have yet to read a book by Toni Morrison. I have however very much wanted to so I would love it if you would count me in for the giveaway. Thanks. jessica(at)fan(dot)com

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  8. I loved gently used books...it means that they have been read and enjoyed.
    Please count me in - thanks.

    libneas[at]aol[dot]com

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  9. Happy Grandparents Day! Thanks.

    gahome2mom/at/gmail/dot/com

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  10. I read Toni Morrison's "Beloved" and would love to try another of her books. Please enter me in the giveaway!

    Marian - mdperera at hotmail dot com

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  11. I've never read (embarrassed to say) Toni Morrison, so I'd love a chance to win! Thanks for sharing.

    s.mickelson at gmail dot com

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  12. Toni Morrison is one of my favorite authors. I have read most of her books, but not this one. Please enter me in this giveaway.

    bstilwell12 at comcast dot net

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  14. I am a follower of your blog.

    bstilwell12 at comcast dot net

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  15. I posted about this giveaway on my blog:
    http://meditativereading.blogspot.com/2009/09/lauras-reviews-giveaway-song-of-solomon.html

    bstilwell21 at comcast dot net

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  16. This giveaway has now ended - no more entries will be accepted.

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