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Work InformationThe Color Purple by Alice Walker (1982)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. easy to read ( ) 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. 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.
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 Is contained inThe Color Purple Collection: The Color Purple, The Temple of My Familiar, and Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker Has the adaptationIs abridged inInspiredHas as a reference guide/companionHas as a studyIn Search of the Color Purple: The Story of Alice Walker's Masterpiece (Books about Books) by Salamishah Tillet Has as a supplementHas as a commentary on the textHas as a student's study guideHas as a teacher's guideAwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
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.". No library descriptions found.
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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