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The Color Purple (Read a Great Movie)

The Color Purple (Read a Great Movie)

by Alice Walker (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

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    Paperback 1996

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Synopsis

"Dear God: I am fourteen years old. I have always been a good girl. Maybe you can give me a sign letting me know what is happening to me." So begins Alice Walker's poignant novel set in the deep American south between the wars. Celie has been raped by the man she calls her father; her two children have been taken away from her; she has been parted from her sister and forced into an ugly marriage. Then she meets Shug Avery, singer and magic maker, and Celie discovers not the pain of female rivalry but the love and support of women. THE AUTHOR Alice Walker won the Pulitzer prize and the American Book Award for THE COLOR PURPLE. She is the author of many bestselling novels, essays and collections of poetry.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Orion
Published: 24 Mar 2005
ISBN 10: 0752864343
ISBN 13: 9780752864341
Book Overview: All the titles in the READ A GREAT MOVIE promotion are being specially designed, and supported by excellent point of sale material. THE BOOK: THE COLOR PURPLE has sold over 1 million copies in Britain alone and continues to sell around 25,000 every year. An absolute classic, it has made Alice Walker a household name. It won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award. 'She is one of the most gifted writers in her country' Isabel Allende. 'One of the most haunting books you could ever wish to read...it is stunning - moving, exciting, and wonderful' Lenny Henry. THE FILM: THE COLOR PURPLE was made into an award-winning film by Steven Spielberg. Starring Whoopie Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey. Also stars Danny Glover. It was nominated for 11 Oscars. 'THE COLOR PURPLE is the year's best film' CHICAGO SUN-TIMES Available on DVD.

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A genuinely mind-expanding book. -- Patrick Ness * GUARDIAN *
She is one of the most gifted writers in her country -- Isabel Allende
The Color Purple is a work to stand beside literature for any time and any place. It needs no category other than the fact that it is superb -- Rita Mae Brown
The Color Purple is a lush celebration of all that it means to be female, to be a black female and like the best of celebrations, it is an honest one. Alice Walker's honesty in this book is combative, relentless and redemptive. It is from this honesty that bitterness emerges, and yet the bitterness never blights the encompassing humanity of Walker's vision.I love that The Color Purple doesn't try to soften its blows but is also courageous enough to hold on to a wonderfully affirming faith in possibility, in forgiveness and kindness and hope. -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The great irony about The Color Purple is that it transcends colour. To do that you have to be a magician or a genius. This book works on all levels, the political, the historical, the personal, the emotional, the spiritual . . . Not a word is wasted, every breath accounted for. We all know that this is one of the greatest books of all time. -- Benjamin Zephaniah
A unique blend of serenity and immediacy that makes your senses ache -- Helen Dunmore
Alice Walker is a lavishly gifted writer * New York Times *
A fable for the modern world * Washington Post *
A stunning, brilliantly conceived book . . . a saga filled with joy and pain, humor and bitterness, and an array of characters who live, breathe and illuminate the world of black women * Publishers Weekly *
One of the most haunting books you could ever wish to read ... it is stunning - moving, exciting, and wonderful * Lenny Henry *
Author Bio
Alice Walker won the Pulitzer prize and the American Book Award for The Color Purple. She is the author of many bestselling novels, essays and collections of poetry including Meridian, By the Light of My Father's Smile and The Third Life of Grange Copeland.