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Possessing The Secret Of Joy
  • Published: 4 May 1993
  • ISBN: 9780099224112
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $29.99

Possessing The Secret Of Joy

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This is the compelling story of Tashi, an extraordinary woman torn between African and American cultural identities, from the author of The Color Purple.

When Alice Walker finished writing The Color Purple she realised that she needed to tell the story of Tashi, a minor character, who had \"left Africa but had taken her wound with her to America\". This is Tashi's story, told in her words and the voices of the people who loved her. This extraordinarily courageous and compelling novel explores the tragic consequences of Tashi's decision to go through the female initiation ceremony.
  • Published: 4 May 1993
  • ISBN: 9780099224112
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $29.99
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About the author

Alice Walker

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 several volumes of essays and poetry. She won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 1983 and the National Book Award, and has been honored with the O. Henry Award, the Lillian Smith Award, and the Mahmoud Darwish Literary Prize for Fiction. She was inducted into the California Hall of Fame in 2006 and received the Lennon Ono Peace Award in 2010. Her work is published in more than two dozen languages around the world.
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Praise for Possessing The Secret Of Joy

Like The Color Purple, this novel packs an enormous emotional punch... A direct challenge to the times we live in

Guardian

A true confrontation with the hearts of darkness, this is masterful, honourable, and unforgettable storytelling

Cosmopolitan

Walker's delicate narrative gifts have never been better displayed, her depiction of the unbearable never so unflinchingly believable

Daily Telegraph