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A review by pikusonali
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
4.0
My Best Friend gifted me this book on my Birthday earlier this year. And what a fantastic present it has turned out to be. I love epistolary novels and The Color Purple is made entirely of letters that the protagonist Celie writes to God and her sister Nettie.
TCP had been on my list for a long long time and after finishing it, I realize why this book won the Pulitzer. It is a masterpiece.
The characters are emotive and their story heart-breaking. The language takes getting used to but once you get the hang of it, it will be difficult for you to put it down. It is the kind of book to be read in one-sitting.
Even though the writing and story is attractive, it is, by no means, an easy book to read. The description of poverty, sexual and racial discrimination, and oppression is painful and shocking. Polygamy, lesbianism, rape - many themes in the book are difficult to read.
But for anyone who has followed and read about black culture, the book only paints, in startling clarity, the sorrowful condition and abuse they faced throughout all these years.
And yet, despite all this, despite all the grief and pain and trauma, the book is also filled with hope and love and resilience. It has an ending which will break your heart, not because it is sad, but because it might make you believe that no matter, how horrible life is, some day it is going to be worth it.
TCP had been on my list for a long long time and after finishing it, I realize why this book won the Pulitzer. It is a masterpiece.
The characters are emotive and their story heart-breaking. The language takes getting used to but once you get the hang of it, it will be difficult for you to put it down. It is the kind of book to be read in one-sitting.
Even though the writing and story is attractive, it is, by no means, an easy book to read. The description of poverty, sexual and racial discrimination, and oppression is painful and shocking. Polygamy, lesbianism, rape - many themes in the book are difficult to read.
But for anyone who has followed and read about black culture, the book only paints, in startling clarity, the sorrowful condition and abuse they faced throughout all these years.
And yet, despite all this, despite all the grief and pain and trauma, the book is also filled with hope and love and resilience. It has an ending which will break your heart, not because it is sad, but because it might make you believe that no matter, how horrible life is, some day it is going to be worth it.