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Celie has grown up poor in rural Georgia, despised by society and abused by her own family. She strives to protect her sister, Nettie, from a similar fate, and while Nettie escapes to a new life as a missionary in Africa, Celie is left behind without her best friend and confidante, married off to an older suitor, and sentenced to a life alone with a harsh and brutal husband. In an attempt to transcend a life that often seems too much to bear, Celie begins writing letters to God. The letters, spanning 20 years, record a journey of self-discovery and empowerment guided by the light of a few strong women.

Celie has grown up poor in rural Georgia, despised by the society around her and abused by her own family. She strives to protect her sister, Nettie, from a similar fate, and while Nettie escapes to a new life as a missionary in Africa, Celie is left behind without her best friend and confidante, married off to an older suitor, and sentenced to a life alone with a harsh and brutal husband. In an attempt to transcend a life that often seems too much to bear, Celie begins writing letters directly to God.

Writer, lecturer, and feminist activist Gloria Steinem and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker sit down with Wilma Mankiller to discuss gender and politics in today's world. The three consider the path each took to became icons of the feminist movement, the ways religion plays into gender and power relations, and the future of feminism.

In this groundbreaking classic essay collection, Alice Walker speaks out as a Black woman, writer, mother, and feminist on topics ranging from the personal to the political. Originally published forty years ago, Alice Walker’s first collection of nonfiction is a dazzling compendium that...

"Farven lilla" er Alice Walkers mesterværk, som hun vandt en Pulitzer Prize og National Book Award for i 1982. Romanen foregår i 1930‘ernes Georgia, USA, hvor afroamerikanske kvinders rettigheder var nærmest ikkeeksisterende, og de forventedes at finde sig i hvad som helst. Alice Walker fortæller om dem, der lod sig kue, og dem, der tog kampen op for at få et bedre liv. I samarbejde med eReolen præsenterer Saga Egmont "Stærke stemmer" - en lydbogsserie af klassiske titler indlæst af de bedste stemmer.

Abducted from Africa, sold in America. A major literary event: a newly published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God, with a foreword from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker. This account illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as it tells...

Through her books The Color Purple, The Temple of My Familiar, and Possessing the Secret of Joy, Alice Walker is familiar to millions of readers. Who is this woman, who rose from the shadows of the segregated South to win the Pulitzer Prize? How did she find the courage to address with grace and...

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Color Purple, Possessing the Secret of Joy, and The Temple of My Familiar now gives us a beautiful new novel that is at once a deeply moving personal story and a powerful spiritual journey. In Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart, Alice Walker has created...

Die junge Schwarze Celie wächst Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts in Georgia auf. Während ihre Mutter im Sterben liegt, wird sie mit vierzehn zum ersten Mal von ihrem Vater vergewaltigt und in den Folgejahren zweimal schwanger. Er gibt die Kinder weg, sie weiß nicht, ob sie noch leben oder tot sind. Als sie in die Ehe mit einem Mann gezwungen wird, der sie schlägt, wendet sich Celie in verzweifelten Briefen an Gott, da sie keinen anderen Ausweg mehr weiß. Erst als ihr Mann seine Geliebte Shug Avery ins Haus holt, verbessert sich Celies Situation.

Dans la grande tradition du roman sudiste, "La Couleur pourpre", qui dénonce l'oppression raciale et sexuelle dont furent victimes les femmes noires, a fait date. Celie et Nettie sont deux sœurs séparées à l'adolescence mais liées par un amour indéfectible que ne terniront ni les brimades ni le mépris, ni les guerres ni l'absence. Celie, mariée enfant à un homme violent, ne reçoit pas les lettres que lui adresse Nettie, devenue missionnaire en Afrique, car son mari les subtilise.

Six acclaimed meditation teachers and visionaries show us how to transform ourselves, our communities, and the world. If we want to make positive outward changes in the world, we need to start making changes in our inner lives as well. It's a truth that more and more of us are realizing. But...

A compilation of classic tales by great American writers performed by terrific actors, with a lineup including Pulitzer Prize winners, National Book Award winners, and PEN Award winners.

How can human suffering become good medicine? Through tonglen: the ancient Tibetan meditation that transforms pain into compassion on the medium of your own breath. Pema Chödrön and Alice Walker in Conversation reveals the revolutionary power of tonglen through a dialogue between two hearts...

Fjorten moderne historier af forfatteren til "Farven lilla" og "Meridian". De handler om kærlighed, lyst og berømmelse; faren ved pornografi, abort og voldtægt; spændingen ved nye elskere og glæden ved at genfinde gamle venner på tværs af forskelle på hudfarve og køn. Det er en samling provokerende og humoristiske portrætter af kvinder, der modigt gør krav på deres tilkæmpede rettigheder, og som i deres styrke og ukuelighed ikke er til at holde nede.

"Farven lilla" er Alice Walkers mesterværk, som hun vandt en Pulitzer Prize og National Book Award for i 1982. Romanen foregår i 1930'ernes Georgia, USA, hvor afroamerikanske kvinders rettigheder var nærmest ikkeeksisterende, og de forventedes at finde sig i hvad som helst. Alice Walker fortæller om dem, der lod sig kue, og dem, der tog kampen op for at få et bedre liv.

In this 1997 conversation with Michael and Justine Toms, Alice Walker says, "Something was lost when we took to heart traditional religious stories in which God is separate from nature. And something precious is regained when we honor our intrinsic sense of awe and worship toward nature, and our deep desire for connection with both nature and our human community."

Discover a Timeless Source of Strength and Inspiration When we face challenges that seem too daunting to overcome, where can we find the strength to carry on? There is an inexhaustible wellspring of energy available to us in the moments of quiet stillness when we become aware of the Divine. For...

In this “brilliant” (Essence) sequel to The Color Purple, Alice Walker weaves an intricate, rich tapestry of interrelated lives. Celie and Shug from The Color Purple subtly shadow the lives of the dozens of astonishing characters in The Temple of My Familiar, all of whom are dealing in some...

A poignant and powerful story of the American South in the 1960s and of one woman who risks her life for the people she loves from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple, now available in a new edition featuring an introduction by Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage. “A...

'These journals are a revelation, a road map and a gift to us all' TAYARI JONES, author of An American Marriage 'Walker writes beautifully about the push and pull of intimacy . . . You find yourself admiring her idealism, her gift as a writer and her abundant appetite for life' THE TELEGRAPH...