The Color Purple by Alice Walker (audiobook)
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Author: Alice Walker Publisher: Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio 2015 [originally published New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1982] Read by: the author |
A modern classic, The Color Purple describes the lives of African-American women in the South of the United States in the early 20th century.
The narrative focuses on Celie, a teenager raised in isolated rural Georgia. Celie narrates her life through a series of poignant and honest letters to God, documenting her traumas as well as her triumphs.
Spanning twenty years, the novel brings to light the struggle of black women in American society - addressing domestic violence and sexual abuse and racism; but also resilience, bravery, and growth.
Read by the author, this audiobook is moving and incredibly powerful. The dialect-specific language is brought to life in a beautiful and engaging way.
If you're new to "classics", or you've never been particularly interested in them, read this book. If you think that any book listed on a high school English reading list is not worth reading, I implore you to reconsider, just this once. There's a reason this book was banned, and it's the very reason for which you should read it.
CONTENT WARNING:
This work contains graphic descriptions of violence and sexual assault.
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