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New York: Harcourt Brace Janovich, 1982. First edition. Fine/Fine. A Fine copy of the book in like dust jacket. Light foxing to the top-edge of the text block. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication: "To Jim Wilson Peace and Peoplehood, Alice Walker June 1982." Alice Walker’s National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winning novel, marking the first time an African American woman would those awards for Fiction. The story is told through the eyes of Celie, a poverty stricken black girl living in 1900s Georgia, as we follow her over a twenty year period. The Color Purple would go on to be adapted into an eleven Academy Award nominated film, starring Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, and Oprah Winfrey, and directed by Stephen Spielberg. “Without doubt, Alice Walker’s latest novel is her most impressive.” (Contemporary New York Times Review). Fine in Fine dust jacket.

The Color Purple is a powerful novel about the struggle of African American women in the early 20th century. It follows the life of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation, who is sexually abused by her father and later winds up in an abusive marriage. Despite her struggles, Celie finds her voice and personal growth through letters and the support of other women.

Purple cloth with the spine lettered in silver.