The Color Purple (Harvest Book)
by:
Alice Walker (author)
Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at age 14 when she is being abused and raped by her father and attempting to protect her sister from the same fate, and continuing over the course of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes...
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Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at age 14 when she is being abused and raped by her father and attempting to protect her sister from the same fate, and continuing over the course of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes her. Celie eventually learns that her abusive husband has been keeping her sister's letters from her and the rage she feels, combined with an example of love and independence provided by her close friend Shug, pushes her finally toward an awakening of her creative and loving self.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780156028356 (0156028352)
ASIN: 156028352
Publish date: May 28th 2003
Publisher: A Harvest Book/Harcourt, Inc.
Pages no: 290
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
African American,
Feminism
Wow. "The Color Purple" definitely holds up. I loved the movie when I saw it as a kid and I read the book for the first time in college. At the time I remember being shocked that it was a book. My professor at the time called Stephen Speilberg a coward for not depicting Shug and Ms. Celie's relation...
Alice Walker’s The Color Purple has a reputation. Everyone someone asked what I was reading this week, they mostly responded with an appalled, “Why?” The book (and the movie) has cut such a swath across American culture that even people who haven’t read the novel know that it’s about terrible abuse ...
Set in the Deep south Georgia, And I can only think in 1920s or 1930s? We meet Celie and her sister. Right off the bat Celie drops a line in the book that rips you to your core of what she has to deal with. The entire book is told through Diary Entries, This book pulled at my heart strings. Because...
When I have a ho-hum attitude about a well-received book that I expected to like, I have to wonder what I missed. The Color Purple was supposed to be great. Many reviewers I tend to agree with gave the novel their highest accolades. Typically, I agree with these sorts of books--Beloved and Ruby are ...
This was the first time I had read this classic despite it being on my radar for a looooong time. (I haven't seen the film either...) I have quite a few thoughts about this novel. In fact, I ended up taking notes so that I could let the story sink in a little further before I wrote up my final revie...
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