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"Love" by Toni Morrison captures the lives of several women—May, Christine, Heed, Junior, Vida, and others—whose longing centers on Bill Cosey, the wealthy proprietor of the Cosey Hotel and Resort. Cosey’s presence dominates their yearnings for fathers, husbands, lovers, guardians, and friends, continuing to influence them even after his death. The novel presents Cosey as both a catalyst and a figure haunted by his own past and a mysterious woman named Celestial. Through richly conceived scenes and a profound exploration of desire, love’s appetite, possession, and dread, Morrison offers a nuanced vision of how the past remains alive within individuals.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Toni Morrison
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