* Winner of the Pulitzer Prize * Winner of the National
Book Award. Published to unprecedented acclaim, The Color Purple
established Alice Walker as a major voice in modern fiction.
This is the story of two sisters—one a missionary in Africa and
the other a child wife living in the South—who sustain their
loyalty to and trust in each other across time, distance, and
silence. Beautifully imagined and deeply compassionate, this
classic novel of American literature is rich with passion, pain,
inspiration, and an indomitable love of life.