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The inspiration for the new film adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Alice Walker’s iconic modern classic.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, now in a beautiful Penguin Vitae edition with a foreword by Kiese Laymon

A Penguin Classic Hardcover

A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance and silence. Through a series of letters spanning nearly thirty years, first from Celie to God, then the sisters to each other despite the unknown, the novel draws readers into its rich and memorable portrayals of Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery and Sofia and their experience. The Color Purple broke the silence around domestic and sexual abuse, narrating

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    A Hardback by Alice Walker, Kiese Laymon

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      Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 25/01/2022
      ISBN13: 9780143137047, 978-0143137047
      ISBN10: 0143137042
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The inspiration for the new film adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical

      Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Alice Walker’s iconic modern classic.

      Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, now in a beautiful Penguin Vitae edition with a foreword by Kiese Laymon

      A Penguin Classic Hardcover

      A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance and silence. Through a series of letters spanning nearly thirty years, first from Celie to God, then the sisters to each other despite the unknown, the novel draws readers into its rich and memorable portrayals of Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery and Sofia and their experience. The Color Purple broke the silence around domestic and sexual abuse, narrating

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