Blending the burlesque with the tragic, hovering between dream and reality, this epic tale recounts the mythical quest of Macon Mort, a disillusioned teenager who sets out for the Deep South in search of hypothetical gold bars. But the true treasure he will discover is the secret of his origins. With a sense of timelessness, Toni Morrison weaves together the ancestral voices of slaves to compose a hymn to African American memory.