Jazz Morrisonov Toni (1901)

Joe Trace, a devoted husband in his fifties and a door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products, shoots his eighteen-year-old lover, Dorcas, after a three-month affair. At the funeral, his determined wife Violet, who is prone to falling into dark mental states, tries to disfigure the corpse with a knife. Toni Morrisons passionate and profound novel moves back and forth through time, assembling a portrait of the hopes, fears and realities of Black urban life. The contents are in English.