The color purple / Alice Walker.

By:

Walker, Alice, 1944-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: 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	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	PS 3573 W177c 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000164712

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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