The Color Purple. London: The Womens Press, 1983. First UK Edition. Pp, 245. A fine bright copy in pictorial dust jacket by designed by Cathie Felsted.

A significant work in Black feminist, literature, the novel is renowned for its raw, powerful, and ultimately triumphant portrayal of Black women’s lives in the rural American South in the early 20th century.

Its ground-breaking narrative is told through a series of private letters.

Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer for Fiction