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The color purple / Alice Walker.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Phoenix, 2004.Description: x, 262 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780753818923
  • 0753818922
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.5
LOC classification:
  • PS 3573 W177c 2004
Awards:
  • Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Summary: 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
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PS 3573 W177c 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000164712
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PS 3573 W177a 1998 Anything we love can be saved : a writer's activism / PS 3573 W177b 1998 By the light of my father's smile : a novel / PS 3573 W177c 2003 The color purple / PS 3573 W177c 2004 The color purple / PS 3573 W177c 2024 El color púrpura / PS 3573 W177n 2005 Now is the time to open your heart : a novel / PS 3573 W187s 1986 The seventh secret /

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

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