The Color Purple abides not only as a literary achievement but as a cultural landmark, its echoes felt in classrooms, theatres and film screens around the world.

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Amazon has the original Alice Walker novel available for just $11 right now — 34% off its list price. Released in 1982, “The Color Purple” was a groundbreaking novel, hailed for its depiction of the ...

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The Color Purple is about the survival of Black women in a male-dominated world. Author Alice Walker said that she just wrote what happens in the real world. The book has been made into a film and a ...