A vital new non-fiction collection from one of the most celebrated and revered writers of our time
Toni Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. She was the author of many novels, including The Bluest Eye, Sula, Beloved, Paradise and Love. She received the National Book Critics Circle Award and a Pulitzer Prize for her fiction and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honour, in 2012 by Barack Obama. Toni Morrison died on 5 August 2019 at the age of eighty-eight.
A large, rich, heterogeneous book, and hallelujah... Mouth Full of
Blood is a bracing reminder of what words do, how carefully they
should and can be used… magnificent [and] rigorously argued
*Guardian*
Morrison's voice rings out, bold and hopeful, welcoming us into a
world where moral integrity reigns
*Culture Whisperer*
Mouth Full of Blood demonstrate[s] the writer’s enduring eagerness
to examine the contradictions of being both “native” and “alien” to
her own country… She takes pride in challenging a traditional
literary canon… at every stage, the reader is grateful for an
author allowing, encouraging even, such intimate access to their
work, thought and reflections
*New Statesman*
[Mouth Full of Blood] proves Morrison to be as astute and important
an essayist as she is a novelist… These pieces are a wake-up call…
[and] a brilliant insight into the mind and work of one of the
world’s finest writers
*i*
Morrison’s fierce yearning for literature to be a more true and
just realm over time, is a gift… [Mouth Full of Blood] is startling
in its relevance to the conflicts and challenges of the present
moment. In a time of turmoil and political greed, her writings have
the power to bring, not a false comfort, but the hard-won belief
that words can reshape the world. Toni Morrison’s own words
certainly have
*Financial Times*
Intensely thought-provoking essays exploring themes of race, gender
and globalisation… [Morrison’s] writing. Is just. Unparalleled,
truly unparalleled… If anyone can write about this, it's Toni
Morrison. It's powerful stuff. As you read it you find yourself
circling every second sentence – everything is quotable. She truly
is a master of language
*Culture Calling*
Brace yourself for writing that is confrontational, unforgettable
and exquisite… Not one word is either trivial or banal. Morrison’s
thinking is as arresting and uncompromising as her politics… she
has that unique and powerful quality, authority
*Tablet*
A startlingly relevant collection that speaks to now
*Financial Times*
Morrison’s words possess a contemporary resonance, delivering
unwavering truths with an intelligent rage that is almost equal to
her hope
*Guardian*
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