Nobel Prize winner in literature Toni Morrison is the author of nine novels, the most famous of which is “Beloved” In 1988, he brought his creator the Pulitzer Prize, and the film adaptation of the book with the TV presenter Oprah Winfrey in the title role was nominated for an Oscar and was called "one of the best films of the decade." According to critics, Morrison "not only created novels of striking power, but also reshaped the American literary history of the twentieth century". The action of the book "Pity" takes place in America of the XVII century . The owner of a farm lost in the American outback, earning on the rum trade, builds a huge house designed to become a paradise, but, getting sick, dies. Four women left without a man - a widow, an Indian housekeeper and two African American women (actually slaves) courageously try to keep the house, convincing themselves and others that they are one family. But happiness in an unfinished house is impossible ...