The Color Purple

Description

The Color Purple is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. The novel has been the frequent target of censors and appears on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2000–2009 at number seventeenth because of the sometimes explicit content, particularly in terms of violence. In 2003, the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novels." ---------- Also contained in: - [The Third Life of Grange Copeland / Meridian / The Color Purple][1] [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18025207W/The_Third_Life_of_Grange_Copeland_Meridian_The_Color_Purple

First Sentence

I am fourteen years old.

Excerpt

I am fourteen years old.

Excerpt

You better not never tell nobody but God.

Description

Published to unprecedented acclaim, The Color Purple established Alice Walker as a major voice in modern fiction. This is the story of two sisters--one a missionary in Africa and the other a child wife living in the South--who sustain their loyalty to and trust in each other across time, distance, and silence. Beautifully imagined and deeply compassionate, this classic novel of American literature is rich with passion, pain, inspiration, and an indomitable love of life. --back cover

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Other Editions

• The Color PurplePaperbackHarcourt, Inc.
• The Color PurpleHardcoverHarcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers1982-01-01
• The Color PurplePaperbackWashington Square Press1983-06-01
• The Color PurpleUnknown BindingPerfection Learning Prebound1983-09-01
• De kleur paarsPaperbackIn de Knipscheer1984-11-01
• The Color PurpleUnknown BindingPerfection Learning Prebound1986-09-01