Is who we are really only skin deep? In this searing, remonstrative book, Toni Morrison unravels race through the stories of those debased and dehumanised because of it. A young black girl longing for the blue eyes of white baby dolls spirals into inferiority and confusion. A friendship falls apart over a disputed memory. An ex-slave is haunted by a lonely, rebukeful ghost, bent on bringing their past home. Strange and unexpected, yet always stirring, Morrison's writing on race sinks us deep into the heart and mind of our troubled humanity.Includes selections from the books Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye, Belovedby Toni MorrisonVINTAGE MINIS- GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.A series of short books by the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us humanAlso in the Vintage Minis series-Sisters by Louisa May AlcottLove by Jeanette WintersonBabiesby Anne EnrightLanguageby Xiaolu Guo

トニ・モリスンの筆致は、皮膚の下に潜む魂を抉り出す鋭利な外科医のようです。本書は傑作群から「人種」という主題を抽出し、人間を定義することの残酷さと美しさを浮き彫りにします。美の呪縛に囚われた少女や過去の亡霊に抗う者の姿を通じ、読者は言葉を超えた「痛みの共鳴」を体験するはずです。 これは差別の記録ではなく、過酷な運命の中で尊厳を希求する生への讃歌です。詩的で強靭な文体は、私たちの精神を深い対話へと誘い、人間性という名の迷宮を照らし出します。魂の奥底まで揺さぶられる至高の文学体験を、ぜひこの一冊で味わってください。