The color purple
Walker, Alice, 1944-2019
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Set in the deep American south between the wars, this is the classic tale of Celie, a young poor black girl. Raped repeatedly by her father, she loses two children and then is married off to a man who treats her no better than a slave. She is separated from her sister Nettie and dreams of becoming like the glamorous Shug Avery, a singer and rebellious black woman who has taken charge of her own destiny. Gradually Celie discovers the support of women that enables her to leave the past behind and begin a new life.
Main title:
The color purple / by Alice Walker.
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Edition:
Paperback edition.
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2019.©1983.
Collation:
xvi, 262 pages ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published: 1983.
Awards:
Pulitzer Prize.
ISBN:
9781474612944 (paperback)
Language:
English
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BRN:
391960
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