The color purple
This book tells the story of Celie. Raped by the man she calls father, her two children taken from her and forced into an ugly marriage, she pours out her feelings in letters to God, but has no one to talk to, until she meets a woman who offers love and support.
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- ISBN: 9780156028356
- Physical Description 288 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2003.
- Copyright ©1982.
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| Awards Note: | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1983. National Book Award, 1983. |
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The Color Purple
A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick Winner of the Pulitzer Prize * Winner of the National Book Award Published to unprecedented acclaim, The Color Purple established Alice Walker as a major voice in modern fiction. This is the story of two sisters--one a missionary in Africa and the other a child wife living in the South--who sustain their loyalty to and trust in each other across time, distance, and silence. Beautifully imagined and deeply compassionate, this classic novel of American literature is rich with passion, pain, inspiration, and an indomitable love of life. "Intense emotional impact . . . Indelibly affecting . . . Alice Walker is a lavishly gifted writer." -- 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 "A novel of permanent importance." -- Peter S. Prescott, Newsweek
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