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| Author | Toni Morrison |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | African-American literature |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf Inc. |
Publication date | 1998 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 318 |
| ISBN | 0-679-43374-0 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-452-28039-7 |
| OCLC | 38117575 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3563.O8749 P37 1998b |
| Preceded by | Jazz |
| Followed by | Love |
Paradise is a 1998 novel by Toni Morrison, and her first since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. Paradise completes a "trilogy" that begins with Beloved (1987) and includes Jazz (1992).
Paradise was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection for January 1998 and ranked in the BlackBoard Bestsellers List the following August.[1] Morrison wanted to call the novel War but was overridden by her editor.[2]
- ^ "Best-selling books". Essence. 29: 138. August 1998 – via EBSCOhost.
- ^ Anna Mulrine, "This side of 'Paradise': Toni Morrison defends herself from criticism of the novel Paradise", U.S. News & World Report, January 19, 1998, posted at Swarthmore U website (accessed February 29, 2008).