Sula is a 1973 novel by American author Toni Morrison, her first novel published after The Bluest Eye (1970). The novel tells the story of two girls, Sula and Nel, and their friendship and coming of age in a black community in Ohio.
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Sula, written by Toni Morrison, unfolds in the black neighborhood known as the Bottom. It centers on two girls, Sula Peace and Nel Wright, who grow up as unlikely best friends in a community marked by hardship and rigid expectations.
Toni Morrison at a 2005 New York City event for hurricane relief. Insert: the first edition cover of her 1973 novel ‘Sula’ (Getty/Knopf) I loved Song of Soloman, particularly the strange and wonderful ...
Los Angeles Times: Rebecca Carroll’s Great American Novel: ‘Sula’ by Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison once said: “We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.” Nowhere is this more vividly true than in the pages of “Sula,” Morrison’s ...
In 1973 Morrison published her second novel, Sula, which examines (among other issues) the dynamics of female friendship and the expectations for conformity within the Black community.
Sula, Morrison's second novel, focuses on a young black girl named Sula, who matures into a strong and determined woman in the face of adversity and the distrust, even hatred, of her by the black community in which she lives.