The Color Purple
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The Color Purple
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Narrado por:
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Samira Wiley
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De:
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Alice Walker
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this novel about a resilient and courageous woman has become a Broadway show and a cultural phenomenon.
A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick
Celie has grown up poor in rural Georgia, despised by the society around her and abused by her own family. She strives to protect her sister, Nettie, from a similar fate, and while Nettie escapes to a new life as a missionary in Africa, Celie is left behind without her best friend and confidante, married off to an older suitor, and sentenced to a life alone with a harsh and brutal husband.
In an attempt to transcend a life that often seems too much to bear, Celie begins writing letters directly to God. The letters, spanning 20 years, record a journey of self-discovery and empowerment guided by the light of a few strong women. She meets Shug Avery, her husband’s mistress and a jazz singer with a zest for life, and her stepson’s wife, Sofia, who challenges her to fight for independence. And though the many letters from Celie’s sister are hidden by her husband, Nettie’s unwavering support will prove to be the most breathtaking of all.
The Color Purple has sold more than five million copies, inspired an Academy Award-nominated film starring Oprah Winfrey and directed by Steven Spielberg, and been adapted into a Tony-nominated Broadway musical. Lauded as a literary masterpiece, this is the ground-breaking novel that placed Walker “in the company of Faulkner” (The Nation), and remains a wrenching - yet intensely uplifting - experience for new generations of listeners.
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Editorial review
By Mysia Haight, Audible Editor
THE COLOR PURPLE IS A WRENCHING YET SPIRIT-AFFIRMING NOVEL ABOUT RESILIENCE, REDEMPTION, AND LOVE
The first time I read The Color Purple, I was in my 20s, single, living in New York City, and working as a book publicist. That was decades ago, and Alice Walker’s novel has stayed with me. Along with To Kill a Mockingbird and The Grapes of Wrath, The Color Purple is at the top of my list of great American novels, and over the years, I’ve recommended it to many women, including my daughter, Lucero, who’s now close to the age I was when I fell in awe with it.
About a year ago, a friend of my daughter was assigned to write an essay on The Color Purple for a college class. So, I wasn’t surprised when Lucero told this young woman, whom I’ll call Gina, that I’d be thrilled to help her. Two days before the essay was due, Gina popped into my home office and dropped a bomb—she hadn’t read the book. But, she assured me, the essay didn’t have to be long or complicated—she just needed to know the main theme. "It’s about slavery, right?" Gina ventured. I started to explain that yes, at its core, The Color Purple is about slavery—specifically, the legacy of slavery on race relations in early 1900s Georgia—and being enslaved due to gender oppression, poverty, abuse, and intergenerational trauma. But it’s also about freedom and empowerment, a young Black woman’s awakening to sexuality, love, and her self-worth, and about sisterhood, loss, family, friendship, redemption, forgiveness, faith, religion, God, and Africa. "That’s a lot," Gina said. I suggested she ask for an extension on her assignment and gave her my paperback copy of the novel. And that was the last I heard from Gina on the subject.
After that encounter, I kept thinking—yes, The Color Purple is a lot, and definitely worth revisiting. I’m a fan of the Audible Questionnaire, a fun video conversation with authors featured on select book pages throughout our site, and as soon as I finished watching the gorgeous, captivating Samira Wiley share her answers, I downloaded The Color Purple and plugged in. While listening to the novel, all of the powerful themes I remembered came across as even deeper and richer. And through Wiley’s brilliant narration, Celie—and all her pain and sorrow, her heartbreaking sense of abandonment and worthlessness, her righteous anger, her aching longing, her gradual awareness, and her ultimate triumph—came alive. It was a revelation.
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