The Color Purple (Musical Tie-In) - Alice Walker
Now a Broadway musical featuring Jennifer Hudson
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Winner of the National Book Award
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.
"Intense emotional impact . . . Indelibly affecting . . . Alice Walker is a lavishly gifted writer." -- New York Times Book Review
"Places Walker in the company of Faulkner." -- The Nation
"Superb . . . A work to stand beside literature of any time and place." -- San Francisco Chronicle
"A novel of permanent importance." -- Peter S. Prescott, Newsweek
Format: Paperback | 304 pages
Dimensions: 135 x 205 x 21mm | 249g
Publication date: 10 Nov 2015
Publisher: Mariner Books
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
Edition: Media tie-in
Edition Statement: Media Tie In
ISBN13: 9780156031820
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Winner of the National Book Award
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.
"Intense emotional impact . . . Indelibly affecting . . . Alice Walker is a lavishly gifted writer." -- New York Times Book Review
"Places Walker in the company of Faulkner." -- The Nation
"Superb . . . A work to stand beside literature of any time and place." -- San Francisco Chronicle
"A novel of permanent importance." -- Peter S. Prescott, Newsweek
Format: Paperback | 304 pages
Dimensions: 135 x 205 x 21mm | 249g
Publication date: 10 Nov 2015
Publisher: Mariner Books
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
Edition: Media tie-in
Edition Statement: Media Tie In
ISBN13: 9780156031820