Diaspora
USA
Contemporary
English
Fiction
Sethe, an escaped slave, is haunted by the ghost of her daughter whom she killed to save from slavery, exploring trauma's legacy.
Literary Significance
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; considered Morrison's masterpiece; won Nobel Prize 1993
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editorial-summarynot primary textSethe, an escaped slave, is haunted by the ghost of her daughter whom she killed to save from slavery, exploring trauma's legacy. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; considered Morrison's masterpiece; won Nobel Prize 1993
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