by Alice Walker · El Mundo Editores, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788490675151
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«El color púrpura» is the novel by Alice Walker, published by El Mundo Editores, S.A. in hardcover (236 pages, in Spanish).
Celie, an African-American woman from the rural South of the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, narrates her life through letters addressed to God and to her sister Nettie. In them, poverty, racism and abuse intertwine with the search for affection, identity and emancipation; friendship with other women will be key in her progressive transformation.
First installment of the The Color Purple Collection series. The work was originally published in English as The Color Purple in 1982 and won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
For readers of historical and feminist fiction, as well as for reading clubs that want to approach a classic of African-American literature.
Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple. Over the span of her career, Walker has published seventeen novels and short story collections, twelve non-fiction works, and collections of essays and poetry.
