This book won the National Book Critics Circle Award, was chosen for Oprah Winfrey's popular book club, and was cited by the Swedish Academy in awarding Morrison the 1993 Nobel Prize in literature.
Boken vann National Books Critics Award, valdes in i Oprah Winfreys kända bokklubb och refererades till av Svenska Akademien när de gav Morrison 1993 års nobelpris i litteratur.