The Origin of Others

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The Origin of Others
Author Toni Morrison
LanguageEnglish
GenreNon-fiction
Publisher Harvard University Press
Publication date
2017
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages126
ISBN 978-0674976450

The Origin of Others, published in 2017, is a non-fiction book by Toni Morrison, published in the U.S. by Harvard University Press with a Foreword by Ta-Nehisi Coates. [1] As the review from The Guardian notes: "This is a book not about racial difference (there is, after all, as Morrison notes, only one human race) but about the possibilities and responsibilities of literature." [2]

Reception

According to Book Marks , the book received a "rave" consensus, based on six critic reviews: four "rave", one "positive", and one "mixed". [3]

References

  1. Goyal, Yogita (February 7, 2018). "No Strangers Here". The Los Angeles Review of Books . Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  2. Haas, Lidija (October 18, 2017). "The Origin of Others by Toni Morrison review – the language of race and racism". The Guardian.
  3. "The Origin of Others". Book Marks. Retrieved January 16, 2024.