Los Angeles Herald Examiner A national treasure. a vibrant fugue of devotion and search for love. The New York Review of Books Richly evocative. not only a memorable and infinitely touching character but a whole submerged world is vividly called into being. The Nation Remarkable expressiveness, color, and poignancy. San Francisco Chronicle Places Walker in the company of Faulkner. Essence Magazine A work to stand beside literature of any time and place. The New York Times Book Review A story of revelation. Alice Walker is a lavishly gifted writer. Kiese Laymon A novel of permanent importance. Tayari Jones The Color Purple was what church should have been, what honest familial reckoning could have been, and it is still the only art object in the world by which all three generations of Black artists in my family judge American art. In writing us into the world-bravely, unapologetically, and honestly-Alice Walker has given us a gift we will never be able to repay. Review Quotes Reading The Color Purple was the first time I had seen Southern, Black womens literature as world literature. Deeply compassionate and beautifully imagined, Alice Walkers epic carries readers on a spirit-affirming journey towards redemption and love. 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.

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. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance and silence. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Book Synopsis The inspiration for the new film adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Alice Walkers iconic modern classic.

About the Book Originally published: New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

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