She’s never been more concise, though, and that restraint demonstrates the full range of her power." Įrich Schwartzel, of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, noted flashes of "beautiful, tactile writing", but characterized Home as "an easy narrative that.never finds a resplendence to place it alongside better, more realized work. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly described Morrison's novel as "eautiful, brutal, as is Morrison's perfect prose." Writing in The New York Times, Leah Hager Cohen criticized the lack of subtlety in the novel's symbolism, but concluded: "This work's accomplishment lies in its considerable capacity to make us feel that we are each not only resident but co-owner of, and collectively accountable for, this land we call home." In a review for The Washington Post, Ron Charles wrote: "This scarily quiet tale packs all the thundering themes Morrison has explored before. Home received mixed, but mostly positive, reviews. Frank, a modern Odysseus, leaves home, undergoes horrific trials that test his moral strength, and. It tells the story of Frank Money, a 24-year-old African-American veteran of the Korean War, and his journey home "a year after being discharged from an integrated Army into a segregated homeland." Reception Home follows the classic structure of the heros journey. Home is the tenth novel by the American author Toni Morrison, originally published in 2012 by Alfred A. Print (hardback & paperback), audiobook, e-book
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