The Temple of My Familiar - Softcover

Walker, Alice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0547480008 ISBN 13: 9780547480008

Publisher: Amistad Press, 2010

Synopsis

First published in 1990, The Temple of My Familiar, Alice Walker's follow-up novel to her iconic The Color Purple, spent more than four months on the New York Times Bestseller list and was hailed by critics as a "major achievement" (Chicago Tribune).

Described by the author as "a romance of the last 500,000 years," The Temple of My Familiar follows a cast of interrelated characters, most of African descent, and each representing a different ethnic strain--ranging from diverse African tribes to the mixed bloods of Latin America--that contribute to the black experience in America.

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Review:

''Walker's fictional creations are musicians, storytellers, artists and mothers: all of them embrace life with the characteristic optimism of this author, against a background of colour: love, for instance, blossoms on an "olive-green sailboat with its black-and-yellow sails". (HERALD (9.10.04))

Book Description:

'A romance of the last 500,000 years' from the Pulitzer prize winning author of THE COLOR PURPLE.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amistad Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0547480008
• ISBN 13: 9780547480008
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432