Song of Solomon (novel)

Song of Solomon
	Cover of the first edition
Author	Toni Morrison
Genre	African-American literature
Publisher	Alfred Knopf, Inc.
Publication date	1977
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover, paperback)
Pages	337
ISBN	0-394-49784-8
OCLC	15366961
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 19
LC Class	PS3563.O8749 S6 1987
Preceded by	Sula
Followed by	Tar Baby

Song of Solomon is a 1977 novel by American author Toni Morrison, her third to be published. It follows the life of Macon "Milkman" Dead III, an African-American man living in Michigan, from birth to adulthood.

This novel won the National Book Critics Circle Award, was chosen for Oprah Winfrey's popular book club, and was cited by the Swedish Academy in awarding Morrison the 1993 Nobel Prize in literature.^[1] In 1998, the Radcliffe Publishing Course named it the 25th best English-language novel of the 20th century.^[2]

^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1993" (Press release). Swedish Academy. October 7, 1993. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
^ "Radcliffe's Rival 100 Best Novels List", Modern Library, 1998.

[1] "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1993" (Press release). Swedish Academy. October 7, 1993. Retrieved June 1, 2009.

[2] "Radcliffe's Rival 100 Best Novels List", Modern Library, 1998.

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