Love (novel)

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Love is a novel by Toni Morrison that explores themes of memory, desire, and the lingering impact of a charismatic patriarch on the lives of the women connected to him.

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Love (novel) canonical 3
the novel "Love" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Toni Morrison ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception generally positive reviews ⓘ
explores female friendship ⓘ
intergenerational conflict ⓘ
lingering impact of a charismatic patriarch ⓘ
mythologizing of powerful men ⓘ
sexual desire ⓘ
social respectability ⓘ
followedBy A Mercy ⓘ
genre African-American literature ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
hasISBN 9781400040139 ⓘ
hasLiteraryAwardNomination National Book Critics Circle Award (fiction) nomination ⓘ
hasMotif ghostly presence of the dead ⓘ
haunting past ⓘ
hotel and resort life ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Bill Cosey ⓘ
Christine Cosey ⓘ
Heed Cosey ⓘ
Junior Viviane ⓘ
L ⓘ
May ⓘ
Vida ⓘ
mainTheme class ⓘ
desire ⓘ
female relationships ⓘ
legacy ⓘ
memory ⓘ
patriarchy ⓘ
power dynamics ⓘ
race ⓘ
trauma ⓘ
narrativePerspective multiple perspectives ⓘ
narrativeStyle nonlinear narrative ⓘ
notableFor complex female characters ⓘ
dense, poetic prose style ⓘ
exploration of love in its destructive and redemptive forms ⓘ
pageCount 202 ⓘ
partOf Toni Morrison bibliography ⓘ
precededBy Paradise (novel) ⓘ
publicationYear 2003 ⓘ
publisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
setting American resort community ⓘ
fictional seaside town ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

L (the cook) → fictionalUniverse → Love (novel) ⓘ
Cosey Hotel and Resort → appearsInWork → the novel "Love" ⓘ
linked to: Love (novel)
Love (novel) universe → appearsIn → Love (novel) ⓘ
Paradise (1997 novel) → precedes → Love (novel) ⓘ