The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison [4th PAPERBACK PRINTING / 1976]

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

FOURTH PAPERBACK PRINTING [1976] POCKET BOOKS

Early mass market paperback printing with rare cover.

Book is in excellent condition.  Tight and unread with some light negligeable wear to cover / tanning to pages.  

Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, is mocked for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in. Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. A powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity, Toni Morrison's virtuosic first novel asks powerful questions about race, class, and gender with the subtlety and grace that have always characterized her writing.  - Bookshop Apocalypse