The Color Purple

The Color Purple - Hardcover

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The Color Purple
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The Color Purple - Hardcover

The Color Purple - Hardcover

by Alice Walker
$32.00
$32.00

Book Overview

The inspiration for the new film adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Alice Walker's iconic modern classic.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, now in a beautiful Penguin Vitae edition with a foreword by Kiese Laymon

A Penguin Classic Hardcover

A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance and silence. Through a series of letters spanning twenty years, first from Celie to God, then the sisters to each other despite the unknown, the novel draws readers into its rich and memorable portrayals of Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery and Sofia and their experience. The Color Purple broke the silence around domestic and sexual abuse, narrating the lives of women through their pain and struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and bravery. Deeply compassionate and beautifully imagined, Alice Walker's epic carries readers on a spirit-affirming journey toward redemption and love.
ISBN9780143137047
Author Alice Walker
PublisherPenguin Group
GenreLiterature
FormatHardcover
PublishedJanuary 2022
LanguageENG- English
Pages320
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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The Color Purple

The Color Purple - Hardcover

The Color Purple - Hardcover

By Alice Walker

About Alice Walker

Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for her novel The Color Purple. Her other novels include By the Light of My Father's Smile and Possessing the Secret of Joy. She is also the author of three collections of short stories, three collections of essays, seven volumes of poetry, and several children's books. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, Walker now lives in Northern California.

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