About “Linden Hills”

The novel follows the lives of residents in the fictional community of Linden Hills, where individuals strive for social status and material success, particularly the aspiration to own a home on Tupelo Drive. The story explores the hidden emptiness behind the facade of achievement, as the community's pursuit of visible success masks deeper personal and societal contradictions.

Praise for “Linden Hills”

“The most refreshing voice in the black idiom since readers first discovered Toni Morrison.”

— Claude Brown, author of Manchild in the Promised Land

“One is quickly beguiled . . . so gracefully to Miss Naylor fuse together the epic and the naturalistic, the magical and the real.”

— The New York Times

“With Linden Hills, Naylor has constructed a place for herself among the leading contemporary writers of fiction.”

— Los Angeles Times Book Review

Book details

Published
1985
Latest edition
1985 · ISBN 9780140088298
ISBN
9780140088298

Frequently asked questions

How many pages is Linden Hills?

Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor has 304 pages.

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