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Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt
ISBN13: 9780151191543
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that tells the story of two sisters through their correspondence. With a new Preface by the author.
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| Never received it |
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I ordered this book three times and according to the picture on this website I never got this book. I received three of the same book which looks nothing like this one so I'm not convinced that my son got the right book for school! this is very disappointing.
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| 5 scenes too late... |
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Everything seemed okay, but when we went to watch it - and tried over and over again, the movie skips the beginning scenes of the movie. I was very disappointed at a product that was supposed to be in new condition. The DVD is useless.
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| Color Purple - Award Winning for a Reason |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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There's a reason The Color Purple won a Pulitzer Prize. The story of Celie, a poor black girl whose abusive father sells her into a marriage little better than slavery, is both heart-wrenching and, in the end, uplifting, as Celie learns to stand up for herself and her dreams.
The black dialect the book is written in was a little distracting to me at first, but the power of the story quickly won out. And the structure of the novel, told through Celie's letters to God, brings you close to the hearts of the characters - many of which are women whose strength, humor and support for one another through the toughest of times will make you laugh and cry.
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| THE COLOR PURPLE |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Celie is the narrator of this novel, she tells her story through her private letters to God. Why God? Well, at fourteen years of age, her father continuously abuses her, has twice impregnated her, and has twice taken her baby away. He tells her that, "she'd better not tell nobody but God."
Her letters to God, and later in the novel, to her sister, consistently remind the reader that Celie is uneducated, and both poor in spirit and resources.
Celie is eventually given to a man, known only to Celie as, Mister. Mister and Celie are married, and Celie endures more physical and mental abuse. Throughout the story, women are abused and oppressed. They all pay in different ways to break the cycle of dominance and violence. Through female relationships, they are eventually able to re-invent themselves and gain self worth.
In one of her letters to her sister, Celie talks about a conversation that she has had with Shug (her husband's lover). Celie has finally denounced God, and has decided not to write to him anymore. However, Shug helps Celie to re-imagine God, not as a white bearded man, but as an "it". This "it" is not something that she can describe in a picture like way, but explains that "it" is everything. Everything that is, ever was, or ever will be. Shug says that she feels like she is a part of this "everything" and is separate from nothing. Shug tells her that her God wants people to appreciate what it has created, and that it gets pissed when people don't take notice of things, like the color purple in a field somewhere. Shug explains that even when God is pissed, he just makes something else for us to enjoy, because it is always trying to please us. I think that this is the turning point in the novel and this is when Celie starts to take control of her own life.
THE COLOR PURPLE is a novel that has sat on my "to-be-read" pile for years. It was a pleasure to read, and I wish it hadn't taken me so long to pick it up.
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| A Tribute to Life and Resilience |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This novel convinced me that Alice Walker is more than just another good writer. She is a truly a genius. This book is awe-inspiring in so many ways.
I loved the characters - - Shug, Celie, Sofia and Nettie. These characters transpose what could be merely tragic into a tribute to life. This tribute is manifested in the characters' outlook and actions. Instead of the tragic prevailing, Walker shows how the perseverance and strength of these women transform situations of tragedy into miracles of life. They perspectives manipulate circumstances so that they can persevere rather than become victims.
I can't imagine anyone reading this book without being transformed in some way. Not only is this novel a page-turner and hard to put down, it is a tribute to resilience.
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