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Dec 10, 2019 · 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. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance, and silence.
Jun 1, 1982 · 690,454 ratings26,295 reviews. Read the original inspiration for the new, boldly reimagined film from producers Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, starring Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Fantasia Barrino. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
Jan 1, 2003 · 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 ...
Jan 1, 1983 · First published January 1, 1983. Book details & editions. About the author. Alice Walker. 254 books6,603 followers. Follow. Noted American writer Alice Walker won a Pulitzer Prize for her stance against racism and sexism in such novels as The Color Purple (1982).
Books. The Color Purple. Alice Walker. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1982 - Fiction - 245 pages. Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at...
Celie’s letters carry the tale of isolation and love, of violence and sexuality, of poverty and ambition, of domination and independence, of self-awareness and community, of the chafing relationships between black men and black women, and of an inward spirituality that’s not easily contained.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003 - Fiction - 288 pages. A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize * Winner of the National Book Award. Published to unprecedented...
