--- product_id: 203172492 title: "The Color Purple: A Novel" price: "97.15 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/203172492-the-color-purple-a-novel store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # The Color Purple: A Novel **Price:** 97.15 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Color Purple: A Novel - **How much does it cost?** 97.15 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/203172492-the-color-purple-a-novel) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Read the original inspiration for the new, boldly reimagined film from producers Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, starring Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Fantasia Barrino. Celebrating its fortieth anniversary, The Color Purple writes a message of healing, forgiveness, self-discovery, and sisterhood to a new generation of readers. An inspiration to authors who continue to give voice to the multidimensionality of Black women’s stories, including Tayari Jones, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Jesmyn Ward, and more, The Color Purple remains an essential read in conversation with storytellers today. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early-twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance, and silence. Through a series of letters spanning nearly thirty years, first from Celie to God, then from the sisters to each other, the novel draws readers into a rich and memorable portrayal of Black women—their pain and struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and bravery. Deeply compassionate and beautifully imagined, The Color Purple breaks the silence around domestic and sexual abuse, and carries readers on an epic and spirit-affirming journey toward transformation, redemption, and love. “Reading The Color Purple was the first time I had seen Southern, Black women’s literature as world literature. In writing us into the world—bravely, unapologetically, and honestly—Alice Walker has given us a gift we will never be able to repay.” —Tayari Jones “ The Color Purple was what church should have been, what honest familial reckoning could have been, and it is still the only art object in the world by which all three generations of Black artists in my family judge American art.” —Kiese Laymon Review: Powerful, Beautifully Written, and Deeply Moving - The Color Purple is an unforgettable read. The storytelling is raw, emotional, and incredibly powerful, and the characters feel so real that they stay with you long after you finish. Alice Walker’s writing is both heartbreaking and hopeful, capturing resilience, love, and transformation in a way few novels do. A timeless classic that absolutely deserves its praise. Review: Color this book great! - Great book with some differences in the movie. Story is the same but sprinkled in more details. You should know the book is always better. I loved it & you will too. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #7,925 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #237 in Classic Literature & Fiction #312 in Black & African American Women's Fiction (Books) #312 in Literary Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 28,865 Reviews | ## Images ![The Color Purple: A Novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/910QrUB9z1L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Powerful, Beautifully Written, and Deeply Moving *by P***R on March 27, 2026* The Color Purple is an unforgettable read. The storytelling is raw, emotional, and incredibly powerful, and the characters feel so real that they stay with you long after you finish. Alice Walker’s writing is both heartbreaking and hopeful, capturing resilience, love, and transformation in a way few novels do. A timeless classic that absolutely deserves its praise. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Color this book great! *by G***H on April 28, 2026* Great book with some differences in the movie. Story is the same but sprinkled in more details. You should know the book is always better. I loved it & you will too. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A bildungsroman that everyone should read *by R***D on April 11, 2019* The Color Purple by Alice Walker captures the journey of Celie, a poor black girl, from age fourteen well into adulthood. Rather than chapters, the novel is broken up and written as multiple letters to God. Celie, the main character, writes about her life this way because after her Pa sexually abused her, he said, “You better not tell nobody but God. It’d kill your mammy,” (1). After two pregnancies at the hand of her father, Celie is married off to a man who degrades and beats her. The novel transitions from letters to God to letters to Celie’s sister Nettie, who joined a family on a missionary in Africa. This shift also reveals a shift in Celie’s mindset, who throughout the novel discovers herself and her religious beliefs. Celie’s life improves as she finds examples in other black women, such as learning to stand up for herself and seeing her own self worth. When I first started reading, I found it difficult, both stylistically and morally. Since the first letters are written when Celie is very young, the sentence fragments are hard to piece together, as seen on page 2 when Celie says, “She ast me bout the first one Whose is it?” However as the novel progresses and Celie ages, the letters are easier to understand and become deeper content wise. Within the first page, there is blunt description of sexual abuse, which reoccurred many times throughout the book. The casual discussion of abuse was hard to get used to, however it succeeded in getting the point across that life for black women in the early 1900s was anything but easy. I liked being able to read a story from a perspective that I have never encountered before. Celie’s progression from hardships to independence and strength was inspiring. I felt that the ending was satisfying, and that I could be happy knowing that Celie found peace in her later life. Alice Walker achieved her goal in inspiring others to carve their own path in life. For example, the novel has two strong female characters who helped teach Celie to be independent. A character named Sophia hit back whenever her husband Harpo hit her. She refused to take a beating from a man, and inspired Celie to stand up for herself. Another character named Shug protected Celie from her abusive husband, which gave Celie the courage to speak up in front of him. At one point Celie describes these women by saying, “You know Shug will fight...She live her life and be herself no matter what,” (253). At the end of the novel, Celie is last seen happy and not being abused by any men. This shows that she took her life into her own hands and made the changes necessary to live a happy life. Although she was born into a poor home and was married off to an abusive man without consent, Celie in the end carved her own path and found strength in others. The novel also shows Celie’s intellectual progression by the syntax becoming more complex towards the end. The reader find Celie contemplating deeper topics rather than just stating the events of her day through fragmented sentences. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Color Purple: A Novel - The Handmaid's Tale - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/203172492-the-color-purple-a-novel](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/203172492-the-color-purple-a-novel) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-06-03*