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.

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Alice Walker
• Edition: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 23.10.1989
• EAN: 9780156528658
• ISBN: 978-0-15-652865-8
• Pages: 224
• Poids: 245 g
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Short Stories, United States of America, USA, Literary essays, Anthologies: general, Crime and mystery fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Diaries, letters and journals, Gender studies: women and girls, Literature: history and criticism, 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