The Color Purple [ang.] [Dokument dźwiękowy]

Autor: Walker, Alice

Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, The Color Purple is one of the finest literary achievements of the 20th century. This brilliant novel-adapted into a Tony Award®-winning musical and a film that received 11 Academy Award® nominations-has earned a richly deserved place among the classics of American fiction.As a young, black woman living in 1930s Georgia, Celie faces constant violence and oppression. She survives the brutality of incest before being married off

to "Mr.," who routinely abuses her both physically and emotionally. Eventually, Celie develops a deep bond with her husband`s mistress Shug, and it is through this relationship that she understands she is a woman capable of being loved and respected.The Color Purple "places Walker in the company of [William] Faulkner" (Nation) and is "one of the great books of our time" (Essence). Read by the author herself, this masterpiece is not to be missed.

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