num_pages: 262
description: 'One of the most haunting books you could ever wish to read...it is stunning - moving, exciting, and wonderful' Lenny Henry.Set in the deep American south between the wars, this is the classic tale of Celie, a young poor black girl. Raped repeatedly by her father, she loses two children and then is married off to a man who treats her no better than a slave. She is separated from her sister Nettie and dreams of becoming like the glamorous Shug Avery, a singer and rebellious black woman who has taken charge of her own destiny. Gradually Celie discovers the support of women that enables her to leave the past behind and begin a new life.
language: English
title: The Color Purple
titlecomplete: The Color Purple
characters: Nettie, Miss Millie, Celie, Shug Avery, Albert
genres: Fiction, Historical, Queer, LGBT, Literature, Feminism, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, African American
ratings_count: 653309
places: Georgia
series: The Color Purple Collection
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction (Hardcover), awardedAt: 378720000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Townsend Prize for Fiction
publisher: Phoenix, an imprint of Orion Books Ltd