{"product_id":"recitatif-a-story-9780593315033","title":"Recitatif: A Story","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautiful, arresting story about race and the relationships that shape us through life by the legendary\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eNobel Prize winner--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efor the first time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ein a beautifully produced\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003estand-alone\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eedition, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ewith an introduction by Zadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A puzzle of a story, then--a game.... When [Morrison] called \u003ci\u003eRecitatif\u003c\/i\u003e an\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e'experiment' she meant it. The subject of the experiment is the reader.\" --Zadie Smith, award-winning, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this 1983 short story--the only short story Morrison ever wrote--we meet Twyla and Roberta, who have known each other since they were eight years old and spent four months together as roommates in St. Bonaventure shelter. Inseparable then, they lose touch as they grow older, only later to find each other again at a diner, a grocery store, and again at a protest. Seemingly at opposite ends of every problem, and at each other's throats each time they meet, the two women still cannot deny the deep bond their shared experience has forged between them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnother work of genius by this masterly writer, \u003ci\u003eRecitatif\u003c\/i\u003e keeps Twyla's and Roberta's races ambiguous throughout the story. Morrison herself described \u003ci\u003eRecitatif\u003c\/i\u003e, a story which will keep readers thinking and discussing for years to come, as an experiment in the removal of all racial codes from a narrative about two characters of different races for whom racial identity is crucial. We know that one is white and one is Black, but which is which? And who is right about the race of the woman the girls tormented at the orphanage? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA remarkable look into what keeps us together and what keeps us apart, and how perceptions are made tangible by reality, \u003ci\u003eRecitatif\u003c\/i\u003e is a gift to readers in these changing times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593315033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2021 pg. 3\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Toni Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41500400615605,"sku":"9780593315033","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_40c32bca-5e39-4893-b7a6-b72dd30ce7cd.jpg?v=1641276448","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/recitatif-a-story-9780593315033","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}