{"product_id":"in-search-of-the-color-purple-the-story-of-an-american-masterpiece","title":"In Search of the Color Purple: The Story of an American Masterpiece","description":"\u003cp\u003eMixing cultural criticism, literary history, biography, and \nmemoir in an exploration of Alice Walker’s critically acclaimed and \ncontroversial novel, The Color Purple \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nAlice Walker made history in 1982 when she became the first black woman \nto win the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, both for \u003cem\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/em\u003e.\n Published in the Reagan Era amid a severe backlash to civil rights, the\n jazz age novel tells the story of an African-American woman haunted by \ndomestic and sexual violence.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\nProminent academic and activist Salamishah Tillet combines cultural \ncriticism, history, and memoir to explore Walker’s epistolary novel, and\n shows how it has influenced and been informed by the zeitgeist of the \ntime. \u003cem\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/em\u003e received both praise and criticism upon \npublication, and the conversation it sparked around race and gender \nstill continues today. It has been adapted for an Oscar-nominated film \nand a hit Broadway musical. Through interviews with Walker, Oprah \nWinfrey, Quincy Jones, and others, as well as archival research, Tillet \nstudies Walker’s life and the origins of her subjects, including \nviolence, sexuality, gender, and politics. Reading \u003cem\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/em\u003e\n at age 15 was a groundbreaking experience for Tillet. It continues to \nresonate with her—as a sexual violence survivor, as a teacher of the \nnovel, and as an accomplished academic. Provocative and personal, \u003cem\u003eIn Search of the Color Purple\u003c\/em\u003e is a bold work from an important public intellectual.","brand":"Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56797207429464,"sku":"9781419735301","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781419735301.jpg?v=1778787021","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/in-search-of-the-color-purple-the-story-of-an-american-masterpiece","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}