{"product_id":"the-color-purple","title":"The Color Purple","description":"\u003cb\u003eRead 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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCelebrating its fortieth anniversary, \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e writes a message of healing, forgiveness, self-discovery, and sisterhood to a new generation of readers. An inspiration to authors who continue to give voice to the multidimensionality of Black women's stories, including Tayari Jones, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Jesmyn Ward, and more, \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e remains an essential read in conversation with storytellers today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeeply compassionate and beautifully imagined, \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e breaks the silence around domestic and sexual abuse, and carries readers on an epic and spirit-affirming journey toward transformation, redemption, and love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Reading \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e was the first time I had seen Southern, Black women's literature as world literature. In writing us into the world--bravely, unapologetically, and honestly--Alice Walker has given us a gift we will never be able to repay.\" --Tayari Jones \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e was what church should have been, what honest familial reckoning could have been, and it is still the only art object in the world by which all three generations of Black artists in my family judge American art.\" --Kiese Laymon","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44024067063907,"sku":"9780143135692","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0621\/7515\/0179\/files\/imageloader_e0a79c7f-1e57-4b4b-8242-4c4448f7b488.jpg?v=1771959219","url":"https:\/\/redricebooks.com\/products\/the-color-purple","provider":"Red Rice Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}