Deze literaire saga duikt in de diepten van de menselijke geest en onderzoekt complexe thema's als erfgoed, trauma en de onverwoestbare kracht van de ziel. Door middel van suggestieve taal en rauwe emotionele resonantie onthullen de verhalen de nalatenschap van het verleden en de diepgaande impact ervan op het heden. De verhalen bieden een krachtige verkenning van de kracht die te vinden is in relaties, de potentie van storytelling en de aanhoudende zoektocht naar vrijheid en verlossing.
It is the mid-1800s. At Sweet Home in Kentuckhy, an era is ending as slavery comes under attack from the abolitionists. The worlds of Halle and Paul D. are to be destroyed in a cataclysm of torment and agony. The world of Sethe, however, is to turn from one of love to one of violence and death - the death of Sethe's baby daughter Beloved, whose name is the single word on the tombstone, who died at her mother's hands, and who will return to claim retribution.
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