In Meridian, Alice Walker wrote the classic novel of the civil rights movement. Her new novel goes back to the period between the World Wars. It tells the story of two sisters: one a missionary in Africa and the other a child-wife living in the South, who sustain their loyalty …
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In Meridian, Alice Walker wrote the classic novel of the civil rights movement. Her new novel goes back to the period between the World Wars. It tells the story of two sisters: one a missionary in Africa and the other a child-wife living in the South, who sustain their loyalty and trust in each other across time, distance, and silence, in one of the most unusual and moving exchanges in fiction.
The principal voice is that of Celie, who has been raped by the man she believes to be her father, robbed of her two children, and married off to a man she hates. Her sister, Nettie,e escapes the same fate and is befriended by missionaries, man and wife, who have unwittingly adopted Celie's children. Separated for thirty years, the sisters live in ignorance of each other's circumstances. Nettie's letters do not reach Celie; and so great is Celie's sense of shame that she can write only to God. But life for Celie begins to change color when her husband's lover, a remarkable woman named Shug Avery, comes to live with them.
Honest, poignant, laughing, defiant, The Color Purple is a story about heroic lives, love, and the nature of God, and it breaks new ground in fiction with its portrayal of the bonding of women.
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- LibraryThing key:
- 283
- BNF ID:
- 13511793n
Edizioni di The Color Purple
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The Colour Purple
Paperback
lingua English
Pubblicato il 08 Novembre 1993 da The Women's press.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7043-0000-2ISBN copiato!
Color Purple
Paperback
lingua English
Pubblicato il 08 Giugno 2000 da Prentice Hall.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-205-15047-2ISBN copiato!
The Color Purple
Library Binding
lingua English
Pubblicato il 31 Gennaio 1983 da Perfection Learning Prebound.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7569-2973-2ISBN copiato!
The color purple
245, pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 08 Novembre 1992 da Women's Press.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7043-4330-6ISBN copiato!
Màu tím =
313, pagine
lingua Vietnamese
Pubblicato il 08 Novembre 1998 da Văn Nghue.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-886566-46-0ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 39511867
El Color Purpura / the Color Purple
Paperback
lingua Spanish
Pubblicato il 08 Gennaio 1986 da Plaza & Janes Editories Sa.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-01-49115-3ISBN copiato!
The Color Purple
Paperback
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7436-1702-4ISBN copiato!
El Color Purpura/the Color Purple
Paperback
Pubblicato il 08 Giugno 1984 da Plaza & Janes Editories Sa.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-01-32147-4ISBN copiato!
The color purple
264, pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 08 Novembre 1991 da Cambridge University Press, in association with The Women's Press.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-521-40397-9ISBN copiato!
The color purple
266, pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 08 Novembre 1986 da G.K. Hall.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-8161-4141-8ISBN copiato!
Murasaki no furue
322, pagine
lingua Japanese
Pubblicato il 08 Novembre 1985 da Shūeisha.
- ISBN:
- 978-4-08-773064-7ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 15331631
El color púrpura
246, pagine
lingua Spanish
Pubblicato il 08 Novembre 1984 da Plaza & Janés.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-01-36052-7ISBN copiato!
The Color Purple
Unknown Binding
Pubblicato il 08 Settembre 1986 da Perfection Learning Prebound.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-8124-4670-8ISBN copiato!
The Color Purple
Unknown Binding
Pubblicato il 08 Settembre 1983 da Perfection Learning Prebound.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-8124-0652-8ISBN copiato!
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