The Color Purple, By ALICE WALKER, SUMMARY

The Color Purple, By ALICE WALKER, SUMMARY

The Color Purple, By ALICE WALKER, SUMMARY "The Color Purple" is a 1982 novel written by Alice Walker. The novel is told in an epistolary style, through the usage of 90 different letters written by the characters. In 1983, the book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. Several years later in 1985, it was adapted into a critically acclaimed film directed by Steven Spielberg that was nominated for eleven Academy Awards. ‪@ReadToMe23‬