Jazz

Morrison, Toni (author., Author).

Summary: In Harlem, 1926, Joe Trace, a door-to-door salemsan in his fifties, kills his teenage lover. At the funeral, his wife Violet slashes the dead girl's face and then desperately searches to find why Joe was unfaithful. The profound love story is immersed in the sights and sounds of Black urban life during the Jazz Age.

Item details

ISBN: 0679411674
ISBN: 9780679411673
ISBN: 0685534308
ISBN: 9780685534304
ISBN: 1400076218
ISBN: 9781400076215
ISBN: 0452269652
ISBN: 9780452269651
Physical Description: print
229 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First trade edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
Distributor: New York : Random House, Inc.

Contents / Notes

Study Program Information Note:

Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.0 11.0 68894.

Reading Counts RC High School 7.8 16 Quiz: 20041 Guided reading level: NR.

Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 6 11 SD Quiz 68894 English fiction.

Find similar items by subject

Subject:

African Americans Fiction
Crimes of passion Fiction
Middle-aged persons Fiction
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Fiction
Funeral rites and ceremonies Fiction
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Fiction
Adultery Fiction
African Americans Social life and customs Fiction
African Americans Social life and customs Fiction
Noirs américains Romans, nouvelles, etc
Crimes passionnels Romans, nouvelles, etc
Personnes d'âge moyen Romans, nouvelles, etc
Funérailles Rites et cérémonies Romans, nouvelles, etc
Triangle (Relations humaines) Romans, nouvelles, etc
African Americans
Crimes of passion
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Middle-aged persons
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
New York (State) New York Harlem
African Americans Social life and customs Fiction
Homicide Fiction
African Americans Fiction
Crimes of passion Fiction
Funeral rites and ceremonies Fiction
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Fiction
Historical fiction
Middle aged persons Fiction
Middle-aged persons Fiction
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Fiction

Genre:

Psychological fiction.
Fictional Work
Romance fiction
Psychological fiction
Novels
Historical fiction
Fiction
Love stories.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Romance fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Novels.
Fiction.
Annotations (Provenance)
Romans.

Currently available copies

29 out of 31 copies are currently available at PINES. (Show)
5 out of 5 copies are currently available at Flint River Regional Library System. (Show)
1 out of 1 copy are currently available at Peachtree City Library.