The Color Purple

Alice Walker
MARINER BOOKS
 9780156028356
0-15-602835-2

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 PickWinner 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.

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fiction. This is the story of two sistersone a missionary in Africa and the other a child wife living in the Southwho sustain their loyalty to and trust in each other across time, distance, and silence. Beautifully imagined and deeply compassionate, this classic novel of American literature is rich with passion, pain, inspiration, and an indomitable love of life.Intense emotional impact . . . Indelibly affecting . . . Alice Walker is a lavishly gifted writer. New York Times Book ReviewPlaces Walker in the company of Faulkner. The NationSuperb . . . A work to stand beside literature of any time and place. San Francisco ChronicleA novel of permanent importance. Peter S. Prescott, Newsweek