num_pages: 288
description: The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that tells the story of two sisters through their correspondence. With a new Preface by the author.
language: English
title: The Color Purple
titlecomplete: The Color Purple
characters: Shug Avery, Albert, Miss Millie, Nettie, Celie
genres: Fiction, African American, Classics, Historical, Queer, Historical Fiction, Feminism, Literature, Novels, LGBT
ratings_count: 653240
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson