The Bluest Eye

Abridged
Author: Toni Morrison
Narrator: Toni Morrison , Ruby Dee
Genres: Fiction, Literature
Publisher: Random House (Audio)
Date: April 2000
Length: 3 hours
Ratings:
  • Book Rating: 3/5
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Overview

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, The Bluest Eye (1970) is the first novel written by Toni Morrison. It is the story of eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove--a black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others--who prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning and the tragedy of its fulfillment.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Toni Morrison is also the author of Sula, Paradise, Song of Solomon, Tar Baby, Beloved (awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1988), and Jazz. She has worked in publishing and has taught at various universities. Morrison is currently the Robert F. Goheen Professor at Princeton. Along with the Nobel Prize she received in 1993, Toni Morrison was also awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters in 1996.

Selected Reviews

The Bluest Eye

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 2/5

The Bluest Eye

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 2/5

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Reviews (21)

The Bluest Eye

Written by Anonymous on May 1st, 2009

  • Book Rating: 2/5

As I didn't expect this sort of story, I did not enjoy it. It was too artsy and poetic for me. The characters switched without notice and it was a hard listen.

The Bluest Eye

Written by Anonymous on March 29th, 2009

  • Book Rating: 2/5

The story would have been much better with a different reader. She talked too sensuous and like she had a mouth full of jello. Her narrating ruined the book.

The Bluest Eye

Written by Anonymous on October 29th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 2/5

As a Toni Morrison fan, I did not care for this audiobook. First, being abridged, it was confusing to follow all the characters and relationships. Second, the reader narrated in a soft, monotone manner - very boring, except for when she was using character voices. Overall, a big disappointment.

The Bluest Eye

Written by Anonymous from Salem, WV on September 3rd, 2008

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Beautifully written book - reads like poetry. It was so visually stimulating that you felt like a character experiencing that moment.

the bluest eye

Written by Elizabeth Manuge from South Ohio RR 1, NS on October 19th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

i love the voice of the reader of this book. its so soft and absolutely beguiling, a pleasure to listen to. the story is well told, sad but true, of the life of black people, especially children, in the southern states. its hard to say more about that, all of it having been said so many times. this story tears at your heart for the little black girl who wanted blue eyes. its hard to listen to for pleasure, one has to feel pain. i usually want a more relaxing story at the end of my day but this one is riveting.

The Blues Eye

Written by Anonymous on September 20th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 3/5

This story is sad but an eye opener. I am glad I listened to it.

The Bluest Eye

Written by Anonymous on April 19th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

This was a very sad story. I thoroughly enjoyed this book although very different from the ones I normally choose. It was very enjoyable. I would highly recommend it. It is fairly short.

Not What You Think

Written by Anonymous from Magnolia, TX on April 9th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

I was a bit caught by surprise with this one. It was a good combination of the time period and the plot. I wasn't expecting it. It was very, very good.

Bluest Eye

Written by Lexis on November 27th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Really enjoyed this book. Gave me a different perspective.

Bluest Eye

Written by Anonymous on July 11th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Poignant, disturbing, truthful, amazing.....the best book I've read in years. It will stick with me forever. Please read this, you won't regret it.

Selected Reviews

The Bluest Eye

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 2/5

The Bluest Eye

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 2/5

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Author Details

Author Details

Morrison, Toni

"Born Chloe Anthony Wofford, in 1931 in Lorain (Ohio), the second of four children in a black working-class family. Displayed an early interest in literature. Studied humanities at Howard and Cornell Universities, followed by an academic career at Texas Southern University, Howard University, Yale, and since 1989, a chair at Princeton University. She has also worked as an editor for Random House, a critic, and given numerous public lectures, specializing in African-American literature. She made her debut as a novelist in 1970, soon gaining the attention of both critics and a wider audience for her epic power, unerring ear for dialogue, and her poetically-charged and richly-expressive depictions of Black America. A member since 1981 of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has been awarded a number of literary distinctions, among them the Pulitzer Prize in 1988."