The Bluest Eyes-最蓝的眼睛

作者：Toni Morrison

书名：The Bluest Eyes《最蓝的眼睛》

中文简介：《最蓝的眼睛》是托妮·莫里森的第一部作品，灵感来源于在霍华德大学讨论时提到的一个关于想要蓝眼睛的黑人女孩的故事。在书中，九岁的克劳迪娅、十岁的姐姐弗丽达、和临时寄养的女孩佩克拉住在一起。而饱受家庭暴力的佩克拉渴望拥有白人洋娃娃一样的蓝眼睛，她认为蓝色的眼睛能为自己免除烦恼和嘲笑。可拥有美好期望的佩克拉却在被家人的一次次虐待后被磨灭了所有的希望。

英文简介：The Bluest Eye is Toni Morrison's first novel, a book heralded for its richness of language and boldness of vision. Set in the author's girlhood hometown of Lorain, Ohio, it tells the story of black, eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove. Pecola prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be as beautiful and beloved as all the blond, blue-eyed children in America. In the autumn of 1941, the year the marigolds in the Breedloves' garden do not bloom. Pecola's life does change- in painful, devastating ways.
What its vivid evocation of the fear and loneliness at the heart of a child's yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment. The Bluest Eye remains one of Tony Morrisons's most powerful, unforgettable novels- and a significant work of American fiction.