Love: A Novel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

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Before You Read

Summary

Background

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Prologue-Chapter 3

Chapters 4-6

Chapters 7-9

Character Analysis

Themes

Symbols & Motifs

Important Quotes

Essay Topics

Tools

Discussion Questions

Essay Topics

Bill Cosey and Celestial are central figures in Love, but neither are narrators. What is the effect of this?

Morrison uses first-person narration for L. and third person narration for Heed, Christine, and others. How does Morrison use tone, diction, and other narrative techniques to create differences in their narrative voices?

The chronology of Love is nonlinear, and the chapters frequently slide back and forth between the past and present as characters reminisce. What is the effect of this?