{"product_id":"the-measure-of-our-lives-a-gathering-of-wisdom","title":"The Measure of Our Lives: A Gathering of Wisdom","description":"\u003cb\u003eAt once the ideal introduction to Toni Morrison and a lovely and moving keepsake for her devoted readers: a treasury of quotations from her work. With a foreword by Zadie Smith. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe was our conscience. Our seer. Our truthteller. --Oprah Winfrey \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis inspirational book juxtaposes quotations, one to a page, drawn from Toni Morrison's entire body of work, both fiction and nonfiction--from \u003ci\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eGod Help the Child, \u003c\/i\u003e from \u003ci\u003ePlaying in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Source of Self-Regard\u003c\/i\u003e--to tell a story of self-actualization. It aims to evoke the totality of Toni Morrison's literary vision. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIts compelling sequence of flashes of revelation--stunning for their linguistic originality, keenness of psychological observation, and philosophical profundity--addresses issues of abiding interest in Morrison's work: the reach of language for the ineffable; transcendence through imagination; the self and its discontents; the vicissitudes of love; the whirligig of memory; the singular power of women; the original American sin of slavery; the bankruptcy of racial oppression; the complex humanity and art of black people. \u003ci\u003eThe Measure of Our Lives\u003c\/i\u003e brims with elegance of style and mind and moral authority.","brand":"Landmark Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40631602577581,"sku":"9780525659297","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/1385\/8477\/products\/img_560e7a49-b2dc-47e1-832e-938c468079bb.jpg?v=1631186476","url":"https:\/\/landmark-booksellers.myshopify.com\/products\/the-measure-of-our-lives-a-gathering-of-wisdom","provider":"Landmark Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}