Catalog / Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon
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Toni Morrison
Milkman Dead tries to understand his family history and his identity in a novel that braids memory, inheritance, and personal freedom.
- First publication
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Original language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 140003342X
- ISBN-13
- 9781400033423
- ASIN
- 140003342X
Why was Song of Solomon challenged?
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison is in this catalog because a sourced record documents an at-risk action in United States in 1994. The novel was removed from school reading lists and shelves in Georgia after complaints about its language and sexual content.
The catalog records the scope as school. That is not a claim that the book is banned everywhere, or that a failed complaint has the same force as a prohibition. Open the sources under Bans and restrictions. Unsourced rumors are omitted.
Readers who search “why was Song of Solomon banned” should read the status label first. Banned, restricted, and at risk are defined on the methodology page and are not interchangeable.
Bans and restrictions
At risk · School
The novel was removed from school reading lists and shelves in Georgia after complaints about its language and sexual content.
Removals and challenges documented by the ALA.
- Source → Banned & Challenged Classics American Library Association
Other questions
- Is Song of Solomon banned?
- In this catalog the primary documented status is “at risk” in United States, 1994. That is not a worldwide ban. Scope and sources are listed below.
- Why was Song of Solomon challenged?
- The novel was removed from school reading lists and shelves in Georgia after complaints about its language and sexual content.
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