
Publisher details
- Author
- Alice Walker
- Publisher
- Hachette
- Genres
- Fiction, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Released
- 01 January, 1982
The Color Purple
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Synopsis
Set in the deep American south between the wars, this is the classic tale of Celie, a young poor black girl. Raped repeatedly by her father, she loses two children and then is married off to a man who treats her no better than a slave. She is separated from her sister Nettie and dreams of becoming like the glamorous Shug Avery, a singer and rebellious black woman who has taken charge of her own destiny. Gradually Celie discovers the support of women that enables her to leave the past behind and begin a new life.Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction."Intense emotional impact . . . Indelibly affecting . . . Alice Walker is a lavishly gifted writer." The New York Times Book Review"Places Walker in the company of Faulkner." The Nation"Superb . . . A work to stand beside literature of any time and place." San Francisco Chronicle"Marvelous characters . . . A story of revelation . . . One of the great books of our time." Essence"The Color Purple has been read and reread by millions. Forget lilac, mauve and lavendar: this is the royal purple." The Times

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