Many of Morrison’s novels have been called difficult and dense.
Recitatif is a compact introduction to her trademark use of language and her layered, lyrical narrative style. In fact, we are never told which of the girls is white and which is Black, we are left to intuit it through their behaviours, actions, and reactions. The brilliant thing about this story is that it is about race, but Morrison never explicitly mentions that.
Originally published in 1983 in Confirmation: An Anthology of African American Women edited by Amiri Baraka, the 96-page tale tells the story of eight-year-old girls, Twyla, and Roberta, one white and one Black.
Toni Morrison might be best known for her 11 novels, but her short story Recitatif has received renewed attention since being published as a standalone volume earlier this year.
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