Restraint is also foremost in the mind of her 24-year-old protagonist, Frank Money, a troubled Army vet. She’s never been more concise, though, and that restraint demonstrates the full range of her power. This scarily quiet tale packs all the thundering themes Morrison has explored before. But the diminutive size and straightforward style of “Home” are deceptive. (The accolades keep accruing: Last week, the White House named Morrison one of 13 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.)Īt just 145 pages, this little book about a Korean War vet doesn’t boast the Gothic swell of her masterpiece, “Beloved” (1987), or the luxurious surrealism of her most recent novel, “A Mercy” (2008). Her new novel, “Home,” is a surprisingly unpretentious story from America’s only living Nobel laureate in literature. Toni Morrison doesn’t have to prove anything anymore, and there’s artistic freedom in that calm.
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