num_pages: 417
description: Transcending the conventions of time and place, Walker's novel moves from contemporary America, England, and Africa to unfamiliar primal worlds, where women, men, and animals socialize in surprising ways. The author of The Color Purple has created a mesmerizing novel of vision and spirit.
language: English
title: The Temple of My Familiar
titlecomplete: The Temple of My Familiar
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Literature, Feminism, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Race, African American
ratings_count: 14288
series: The Color Purple Collection
publisher: Pocket Books/Washington Square Press