Morrison, Toni

This novel, set in the third quarter of the 19th century, focuses on the life of the runaway slave woman Sethe and her struggle with the unspeakable pain of her past. Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Contains retellings of three classic Aesop's fables including "The Ant or the Grasshopper," "The Lion or the Mouse," and "Poppy or the Snake.".