Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award Alice Walker's iconic modern classic
now in a beautiful 40th anniversary 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 twenty 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 the
lives of women through their pain and struggle companionship and growth resilience and
bravery. Deeply compassionate and beautifully imagined Alice Walker's epic carries readers on
a spirit-affirming journey toward redemption and love.
