The Color Purple - Softcover

Walker, Alice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156031825 ISBN 13: 9780156031820

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2006

Synopsis

The lives of two sisters--Nettie, a missionary in Africa, and Celie, a Southern woman married to a man she hates--are revealed in a series of letters exchanged over thirty years.

About this title

About the Author

Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award for her novel The Color Purple, which was preceded by The Third Life of Grange Copeland and Meridian. Her other bestselling novels include By the Light of My Father's Smile, Possessing the Secret of Joy and The Temple of My Familiar. She is also the author of two collections of short stories, three collections of essays, five volumes of poetry and several children's books. Her books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, Walker now lives in Northern California.

From the Back Cover

[Banner] Now a Tony Award-Winning Broadway Musical


The Color Purple is the story of two sisters one a missionary to Africa and the other a child wife living in the South who remain loyal to one another across time, distance, and silence. Beautifully imagined and deeply compassionate, this classic 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." The New York Times Book Review

"Places Walker in the company of Faulkner." The Nation

"Superb . . . A work to stand beside literature of any time and place." San Francisco Chronicle

"The Color Purple is an American novel of permanent importance." Newsweek

"Marvelous characters . . . A story of revelation . . . One of the great books of our time."--Essence

[banner] Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award


[bio]
Bestselling novelist Alice Walker is also the author of three collections of short stories, three collections of essays, six volumes of poetry and several children's books. Her books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, Walker now lives in northern California.

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Now a Tony Award-Winning Broadway Musical


The Color Purple is the story of two sisters one a missionary to Africa and the other a child wife living in the South who remain loyal to one another across time, distance, and silence. Beautifully imagined and deeply compassionate, this classic 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." The New York Times Book Review

"Places Walker in the company of Faulkner." The Nation

"Superb . . . A work to stand beside literature of any time and place." San Francisco Chronicle

"The Color Purple is an American novel of permanent importance." Newsweek

"Marvelous characters . . . A story of revelation . . . One of the great books of our time."--Essence

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award

Bestselling novelist Alice Walker is also the author of three collections of short stories, three collections of essays, six volumes of poetry and several children's books. Her books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, Walker now lives in northern California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0156031825
• ISBN 13: 9780156031820
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 294