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The Color Purple (1982)

by Alice Walker

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Series: The Color Purple Collection (1)

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Tells the story of two sisters: Nettie, a missionary in Africa, and Celie, a child-wife living in the South, in the medium of their letters to each other and in Celie's case, the desperate letters she begins, "Dear God.".
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easy to read ( )
  highlandcow | Mar 13, 2024 |
I love books where the author is the narrator. Walker's voice made me think I was really listening to Celie and Nettie. So good. ( )
  spounds | Feb 6, 2024 |
I went into this book thinking it was going to be so depressing, but it was surprisingly uplifting as the story went on, and explored cultural barriers in Africa as well as sexuality in America and the life of women of color at this time. There was always such a beautiful solidarity among the women in this book even when they felt threatened by each other, the eventually could come together on the bond of the struggles they had all faced. ( )
  sophia.magyk | Jan 3, 2024 |
I first read The Color Purple back in the 1980s. I had forgotten how crowded this novel is. It is not just about Celie and Pa, Mr. —— and Shug Avery, even though those are the characters that make the biggest impression on a first reading. Rather, it contains many different characters and stories of African-American life in the 1930s-1940s. Some of these narratives work better than others. Nonetheless, the novel is well worth revisiting. ( )
  akblanchard | Dec 18, 2023 |
I enjoyed this story and how it touched on many different forms of love. ( )
  wallace2012 | Nov 4, 2023 |
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Walker accomplishes a rare thing: She makes an epistolary novel work without veering into preciousness. Rather, Celie's full-bodied voice emerges, a moody and honest voice, in an inherently intimate literary form.
 
Without doubt, Alice Walker's latest novel is her most impressive. No mean accomplishment, since her previous books - which, in addition to several collections of poetry and two collections of short stories, include two novels ("The Third Life of Grange Copeland" and "Medridian") - have elicited almost unanimous praise for Miss Walker as a lavishly gifted writer
 
A fable for the modern world
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A genuinely mind-expanding book
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Despite the brutality, it's filled with hope and optimism
added by vibesandall | editDAILY EXPRESS, My Six Best Books Joan Armatrading
 

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Walker, Aliceprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Caramella, MarisaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Dam, Irma vanTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Dezsényi, KatalinTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Fuente, Ana María de laTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hallén, KerstinTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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"Show me how to do like you.
Show how to do it." -Stevie Wonder
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To the Spirit:
Without whose assistance
Neither this book
Nor I
Would have been
Written.
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You better not never tell nobody but God. It'd kill your mammy.
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Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.
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Tells the story of two sisters: Nettie, a missionary in Africa, and Celie, a child-wife living in the South, in the medium of their letters to each other and in Celie's case, the desperate letters she begins, "Dear God.".

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Tells the story of two African-American sisters: Nettie, a missionary in Africa, and Celie, a child-wife living in the south, in the medium of their letters to each other and in Celie's case, the desperate letters she begins, "Dear God."
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A woman's tale
on the politics of black
Georgia, 1930s, grit, faith
survival - told from the heart

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