“A masterwork...Wonderful...I can’t imagine American literature without it.” -John Leonard, Los Angeles Times “A triumph.” -Margaret Atwood, The New York Times Book Review “Toni Morrison’s finest work...It sets her apart [and] displays her prodigious talent.” -Chicago Sun-Times “Dazzling...Magical...An extraordinary work.” -The New York Times “A masterpiece...Magnificent...Astounding... Overpowering.” -Newsweek “Brilliant...Resonates from past to present.” -San Francisco Chronicle “A brutally powerful, mesmerizing story...Read it and tremble.” -People “Toni Morrison is not just an important contemporary novelist but a major figure in our national literature.” -New York Review of Books “A work of genuine force...Beautifully written.” —The Washington Post “There is something great in Beloved: a play of human voices, consciously exalted, perversely stressed, yet holding true. It gets you.” -The New Yorker “A magnificent heroine...a glorious book.” -The Baltimore Sun “Superb...A profound and shattering story that carries the weight of history...Exquisitely told.”-Cosmopolitan “Magical...rich, provocative, extremely satisfying.”-Milwaukee Journal “Beautifully written... Powerful...Toni Morrison has become one of America’s finest novelists.” -The Plain Dealer “Stunning...A lasting achievement.” -The Christian Science Monitor “Written with a force rarely seen in contemporary..."