The Color Purple (Signed)
by WALKER, Alice
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151191530
- ISBN 13
- 9780151191536
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Synopsis
The Color Purple is an acclaimed epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker. Taking place mostly in rural Georgia, this collection of letters weaves an intricate mosaic of women joined by their love for each other, the men who abuse them, and the children they care for. In this, The Color Purple focuses on black female life in the American South during the 1930s, addressing the numerous issues including their exceedingly low position in American social culture. The novel received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award. Because of the explicit content, particularly in terms of violence, The Color Purple has been a frequent target of censors, appearing on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7000854
- Title
- The Color Purple (Signed)
- Author
- WALKER, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Fourth Impression
- ISBN 10
- 0151191530
- ISBN 13
- 9780151191536
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & World
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- AFRO AMERICANS FICTION AMERICAN FICTIONAL WORKS AUTHOR LITERARY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed; Books Into Movies; African-American;
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