The Color Purple Alice Walker by Alice Walker 9780156028356, 0156028352 instant download after payment.

The Color Purple's deeply inspirational narrative of courage in the face of oppression, coupled with Alice Walker's prodigious talent as a stylist and storyteller, have made this a contemporary American classic.

Celie has grown up in rural Georgia, navigating a childhood of ceaseless abuse. Not only is she poor and despised by the society around her, but she's also badly treated by her family. As a teenager, she begins writing letters directly to God in an attempt to transcend a life that often seems too much to bear. Her letters span twenty years and record a journey of self-discovery and empowerment through the guiding light of a few strong women and her own implacable will to find harmony with herself and her home.  Lauded as a literary masterpiece, this is the groundbreaking novel that placed Walker “in the company of Faulkner” (The Nation) and remains a wrenching — yet intensely uplifting — experience for new generations of readers. 

The Color Purple is the 1st book in the Color Purple Collection, which also includes The Temple Of My Familiar and Possessing The Secret Of Joy.

"[The Color Purple]... brings into sharper focus many of the diverse themes that threaded their way through her past work...  [here] the role of male domination in the frustration of black women's struggle for independence is clearly the focus....What makes Miss Walker's exploration so indelibly affecting is the choice of a narrative style that, without the intrusion of the author, forces intimate identification with the heroine... Alice Walker's choice and effective handling of the epistolary style has enabled her to tell a poignant tale of women's struggle for equality and independence."  -  Mel Watkins, The New York Times Book Review