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\r\n\r\nRead the original inspiration for the new, boldly reimagined film from producers Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, starring Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Fantasia Barrino.Celebrating its fortieth anniversary, The Color Purple writes a message of healing, forgiveness, self-discovery, and sisterhood to a new generation of readers. An inspiration to authors who continue to give voice to the multidimensionality of Black women s stories, including Tayari Jones, Honor e Fanonne Jeffers, Jesmyn Ward, and more, The Color Purple remains an essential read in conversation with storytellers today.Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book AwardA powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early-twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance, and silence. Through a series of letters spanning nearly thirty years, first from Celie to God, then from the sisters to each other, the novel draws readers into a rich and memorable portrayal of Black women their pain and struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and bravery.Deeply compassionate and beautifully imagined, The Color Purple breaks the silence around domestic and sexual abuse, and carries readers on an epic and spirit-affirming journey toward transformation, redemption, and love. Reading The Color Purple was the first time I had seen Southern, Black women s literature as world literature. In writing us into the world bravely, unapologetically, and honestly Alice Walker has given us a gift we will never be able to repay. Tayari Jones The Color Purple was what church should have been, what honest familial reckoning could have been, and it is still the only art object in the world by which all three generations of Black artists in my family judge American art. Kiese Laymon\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Title: <\/strong>\u00a0The Color Purple<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Author: <\/strong>\u00a0Alice Walker<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
ISBN: <\/strong>\u00a09780140000000<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Subtitle: <\/strong>\u00a0a novel<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Genre: <\/strong>\u00a0Fiction; Historical Fiction; Black Interest; Coming of Age; Award Winner<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Publication Date: <\/strong>\u00a043809<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Language: <\/strong>\u00a0English<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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Pages: <\/strong>\u00a0304<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Rating: <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Great<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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