{"product_id":"the-measure-of-our-lives-a-gathering-of-wisdom","title":"The Measure of Our Lives A Gathering of Wisdom","description":"\u003cb\u003eAt once the ideal introduction to the legendary Nobel Prize winner and a lovely and moving keepsake for her devoted readers: a treasury of quotations from her work. • With a foreword by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Zadie Smith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"She was our conscience. Our seer. Our truthteller.\" —Oprah Winfrey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis inspirational book juxtaposes quotations, one to a page, drawn from Toni Morrison's entire body of work, both fiction and nonfiction—from \u003ci\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eGod Help the Child,\u003c\/i\u003e from \u003ci\u003ePlaying in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Source of Self-Regard—\u003c\/i\u003eto tell a story of self-actualization. It aims to evoke the totality of Toni Morrison's literary vision. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts compelling sequence of flashes of revelation—stunning for their linguistic originality, keenness of psychological observation, and philosophical profundity—addresses issues of abiding interest in Morrison's work: the reach of language for the ineffable; transcendence through imagination; the self and its discontents; the vicissitudes of love; the whirligig of memory; the singular power of women; the original American sin of slavery; the bankruptcy of racial oppression; the complex humanity and art of black people. \u003ci\u003eThe Measure of Our Lives\u003c\/i\u003e brims with elegance of style and mind and moral authority.","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48667437465855,"sku":"*R0124841*","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/3641723482375.jpg?v=1781291517","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/the-measure-of-our-lives-a-gathering-of-wisdom","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}