By Cal
Link: https://www.curveonline.co.uk/whats-on/shows/the-color-purple-at-home
Available until: Livestreams at various times every day except Monday with the final show on Sunday 7th March at 5pm.
I’ve found there are two kinds of violent books. The ones where the main objective seems to be to write about something shocking and terrible. And the ones where the main objective is to tell a story.
When I read Alice Walker’s remarkable novel The Color Purple, it was clear it belonged in the second category. Some of the violence in the book is shocking and difficult to read about, but it’s there because it has to be. It’s part of the story Celie is telling. It’s there because Celie’s story needs to be told.
