The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
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Author: Alice WalkerEdition: Paperback
Published: 2003
ISBN: N/A
Publisher: Harvest / Harcourt, Inc.
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Summary: 5 Stars
When reading and done with The Color Purple, you'll know you've become a part of something extraordinarily valuable. Basically, this is the story of Celie's life from her teenage years to her approaching retirement age, with her as the first person teller via her diaries and letters. It chronicles the changes, metamorphoses, of her growth. Once the reader is comfortable with Celie's dialect, the story of Celie and the people around her blossoms. It's very easy to care deeply about Celie. She, Shug, her sister Nellie, Sofia and others are drawn with pinpoint clarity, although it seems to me that with a couple of modest exceptions, the men are not as well drawn, perhaps reflecting Celie's perspectives and telling. The range of emotions is dazzling and the story draws one in thoroughly. The first time I tried to read it, I found the beginning too upsetting to continue, but upon this second, determined reading, I came to regret not getting past that beginning before. Simply said: the Puliter committee was right. If the next step up from great writing is great writing that affects your life, this surely is. Amazing!
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