The Color Purple
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
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A landmark work of American fiction, The Color Purple chronicles the life of Celie, a young Black woman in the rural American South during the early twentieth century, as she endures poverty, abuse, and oppression while slowly discovering her own voice, identity, and capacity for love. Told entirely through a series of intimate letters — first addressed to God and later to her sister Nettie — the novel presents a raw and deeply moving portrait of resilience, sisterhood, and self-liberation. Alice Walker writes with lyrical intensity and unflinching honesty, illustrating how community, spirituality, and the bonds between women can become powerful forces of healing and transformation. Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this celebrated masterpiece stands as one of the most important and emotionally resonant novels of the twentieth century.
Author: Alice Walker
Format: Paperback
Published: 1983, The Women's Press
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark work of American fiction, The Color Purple chronicles the life of Celie, a young Black woman in the rural American South during the early twentieth century, as she endures poverty, abuse, and oppression while slowly discovering her own voice, identity, and capacity for love. Told entirely through a series of intimate letters — first addressed to God and later to her sister Nettie — the novel presents a raw and deeply moving portrait of resilience, sisterhood, and self-liberation. Alice Walker writes with lyrical intensity and unflinching honesty, illustrating how community, spirituality, and the bonds between women can become powerful forces of healing and transformation. Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this celebrated masterpiece stands as one of the most important and emotionally resonant novels of the twentieth century.