Love

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Love is a 2003 novel by Toni Morrison that explores the intertwined lives of several women connected by their relationships to a charismatic, deceased hotel owner.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
novel
author Toni Morrison
authorNationality American
authorOfWork Toni Morrison
centralCharacter Bill Cosey
Christine
Heed
Junior
L
May
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
explores intersections of race, gender, and class
featuresCharacter Bill Cosey
Christine Cosey
Heed Cosey
Junior Viviane
L (the cook)
Bill Cosey
surface form: May Cosey
followedByInAuthorOeuvre A Mercy
followsInAuthorOeuvre Paradise
surface form: Paradise (novel)
genre African-American literature
fiction
literary fiction
hasAuthor Toni Morrison
hasDeceasedCentralFigure Bill Cosey
hasTitle Love self-linksurface differs
language English
literaryMovement contemporary American literature
mainTheme female relationships
legacy
love
memory
patriarchy
power dynamics
medium print
narrativeDevice nonlinear narrative
narrativeFocus intertwined lives of several women
narrativePerspective multiple perspectives
notableFor exploration of complex female relationships
lyrical prose style
partOf Toni Morrison
surface form: Toni Morrison bibliography
publicationYear 2003
publisher Alfred A. Knopf
setting Cosey’s hotel
subjectMatter impact of a charismatic patriarch on women’s lives
relationships between women connected to a deceased hotel owner
timePeriodOfSetting 20th century

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Bill Cosey appearsIn Love
Love hasTitle Love self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Love (novel)
Darius Khondji knownFor Love
Chloe notableWork Love
subject surface form: Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison
A Mercy precededBy Love