The color purple /
Walker, Alice, 1944-
The color purple / Alice Walker. - London : Phoenix, 2004. - x, 262 pages ; 20 cm.
Set in the deep American South between the wars, this is the tale of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation. Raped repeatedly by the man she calls 'father', she has two children taken away from her, is separated from her beloved sister Nettie, and is trapped into an ugly marriage. But then she meets the glamorous Shug Avery, singer and magic-maker - a woman who has taken charge of her own destiny. Gradually Celie discovers the power and joy of her own spirit, freeing her from her past and reuniting her with those she loves
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
9780753818923 0753818922
2010052593
African Americans--Fiction.
African American women--Fiction.
Adult child sexual abuse victims--Fiction.
Novela estadounidense--Siglo XX
Literatura estadounidense--Siglo XX
Negros --Novela
Southern States--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Epistolary fiction.
PS 3573 / W177c 2004
813/.5
The color purple / Alice Walker. - London : Phoenix, 2004. - x, 262 pages ; 20 cm.
Set in the deep American South between the wars, this is the tale of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation. Raped repeatedly by the man she calls 'father', she has two children taken away from her, is separated from her beloved sister Nettie, and is trapped into an ugly marriage. But then she meets the glamorous Shug Avery, singer and magic-maker - a woman who has taken charge of her own destiny. Gradually Celie discovers the power and joy of her own spirit, freeing her from her past and reuniting her with those she loves
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
9780753818923 0753818922
2010052593
African Americans--Fiction.
African American women--Fiction.
Adult child sexual abuse victims--Fiction.
Novela estadounidense--Siglo XX
Literatura estadounidense--Siglo XX
Negros --Novela
Southern States--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Epistolary fiction.
PS 3573 / W177c 2004
813/.5