Beloved

Toni Morrison's most famous novel, newly translated by Tanja Handels. "Beloved," Toni Morrison's most renowned work and one of the most important novels of the 20th century, tells the harrowing effects of slavery on a family's life.

Sethe has long lived in a small house on the outskirts of Cincinnati, where she tries to erase the past. Fleeing from the farm with the cynical name "Sweet Home," she once risked her life, lost her husband, and had to bury a child. She has endured unimaginable suffering and yet has not lost her mind. However, the horrors of her experiences haunt her: at Bluestone Road 124, a haunting presence lingers, the restless spirit of Sethe's daughter refuses to be forgotten. The infant, whose death Sethe cannot come to terms with, died nameless; its grave bears only the word "Beloved." When Paul D. unexpectedly shows up at Sethe's door, someone she remembers from the plantation, he reopens old wounds – initiating a painful healing process.