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Read the original inspiration for the new, boldly reimagined film from producers Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, starring Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Fantasia Barrino. 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 nearly thirty years, first from Celie to God, then from the sisters to each other, the novel draws readers into a rich and memorable portrayal of Black women--their pain and struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and bravery. Deeply compassionate and beautifully imagined, The Color Purple breaks the silence around domestic and sexual abuse, and carries readers on an epic and spirit-affirming journey toward transformation, redemption, and love.

ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDIn rural Georgia, sisters Celie and Nettie share the pain and struggle of growing up as African American women. Forced into an abusive marriage, at least Celie can offer Nettie refuge from their violent father in her new home - until Nettie catches the attention of Celie's husband and is forced to leave and forge her own journey. Through a series of letters spanning twenty years, the sisters sustain their hope in each other across time, distance and silence, in a triumph of resilience, bravery and ultimately, love.'Indelibly affecting' New York Times'A lush celebration of all that it means to be a Black female' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

'My life suddenly made sense when I encountered Alice Walker's fiction' Tayari Jones'Remarkable' New York TimesMeridian Hill, the brilliant and inquisitive daughter of a working-class Black family in

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Alice Walker's iconic modern classic is now a Penguin Book.A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depi

By the Light of My Father's Smile is Alice Walker's first novel in six years--a stunning, original, and important book by 'one of the best American writers of today' (The Washington Post). A family fr

Anatural evolution from the earlier, much-acclaimed collection In Love& Trouble, these fourteen provocative and often humorous stories showwomen oppressed but not defeated.These are hopeful stori

The author meditates on planetary, political, racial, and feminist issues; reminisces about her family, career, and travels; and describes her participation in a protest at a weapons storage station

Alice Walker has always turned to poetry to express some of her most personal and deeply felt concerns. She has said that her poems-even the happy ones-emerge from an accumulation of sadness, when sh

This first volume of poetry established Walker as a poet of unusual sensitivity and power. All of the poems in this collection were written either in East Africa, where Walker spent the summer of 196