Living by the Word

In meditative and passionate prose, these provocative essays explore feminist, environmental, and political issues and shed new light on racial debates, including the controversy surrounding Walker's bestseller, The Color Purple.

About the author

ALICE WALKER is an internationally celebrated writer, poet, and activist whose books include seven novels, four collections of short stories, four children’s books, and volumes of essays and poetry. She won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 1983 and the National Book Award.

Summary

In meditative and passionate prose, these provocative essays explore feminist, environmental, and political issues and shed new light on racial debates, including the controversy surrounding Walker’s bestseller, The Color Purple.

Product details

• Authors: Alice Walker
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.10.1989
• EAN: 9780156528658
• ISBN: 978-0-15-652865-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 245 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; FICTION: Crime, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Letters, LITERARY CRITICISM: Women Authors, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / African American & Black, LITERARY CRITICISM: American / African American & Black