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La Couleur pourpre

By: Alice Walker, Mimi Perrin - traductrice
Narrated by: Rébecca Chaillon
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Summary

Dans la grande tradition du roman sudiste, La Couleur pourpre, qui dénonce l'oppression raciale et sexuelle dont furent victimes les femmes noires, a fait date. Celie et Nettie sont deux sœurs séparées à l'adolescence mais liées par un amour indéfectible que ne terniront ni les brimades ni le mépris, ni les guerres ni l'absence. Celie, mariée enfant à un homme violent, ne reçoit pas les lettres que lui adresse Nettie, devenue missionnaire en Afrique, car son mari les subtilise. Ignorant l'adresse de sa sœur, elle-même envoie ses lettres au Bon Dieu. Une correspondance sans espoir de réponse. Une correspondance qui sauvera les deux femmes du désespoir.

Lauréat du prix Pulitzer et de l'American Book Award en 1983, La Couleur pourpre a été adapté au cinéma en 1984 par Steven Spielberg.

©1982 / 1984 / 2008 Alice Walker, 1982 (P)2022 Lizzie, un département d'Univers Poche, Paris

Critic reviews

La presse en parle :
"Un récit bouleversant sur le combat des femmes pour l'égalité et l'indépendance."
The New York Times Book Review

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