Bøger af Alice Walker

From National Book Award and Pulitzer Prizewinning author Alice Walker and edited by critic and writer Valerie Boyd, comes an unprecedented compilation of Walker's fifty years of journals drawing an intimate portrait of her development over five decades as an artist, human rights and women's activist, and intellectual.For the first time, the edited journals of Alice Walker are gathered together to reflect the complex, passionate, talented, and acclaimed Pulitzer Prize winner of The Color Purple. She intimately explores her thoughts and feelings as a woman, a writer, an African-American, a wife, a daughter, a mother, a lover, a sister, a friend, a citizen of the world. In an unvarnished and singular voice, she explores an astonishing array of events: marching in Mississippi with other foot soldiers of the Civil Rights Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr.; her marriage to a Jewish lawyer, defying laws that barred interracial marriage in the 1960s South; an early miscarriage; writing her first novel; the trials and triumphs of the Women's Movement; erotic encounters and enduring relationships; the ancestral visits that led her to write The Color Purple; winning the Pulitzer Prize; being admired and maligned, sometimes in equal measure, for her work and her activism; and burying her mother. A powerful blend of Walker's personal life with political events, this revealing collection offers rare insight into a literary legend.

The book contains fourteen stories about women that are oppressed but not defeated. The stories are about love, lust, fame, and cultural thievery; the perils of pornography, abortion, and rape; the delight of new lovers; and the rediscovery of old friends, affirmed even across self-imposed color lines.

In this compilation of the author's earlier poetry, she offers a historical perspective on the political and spiritual issues spanning three decades of injustice, perseverance, and hope. Revelatory introductions to each group of poems.

"Deepened and expanded by its illustrations, this is a stunning introduction to the true meaning of a global community."-School Library Journal They are all over the globe. Sweet people can be found from Canada to Congo to Cuba, from Afghanistan to Australia, from Ireland to Iraq…there are sweet people in the thirty-seven places listed in these pages and almost everywhere else on the planet. Take a trip through the lines of this large-hearted poem by Alice Walker and meet some of them! Sweet People Are Everywhere, an illustrated picture book featuring a poem by internationally renowned writer and activist Alice Walker, is a powerful celebration of humanity. The poem addresses a young boy getting his first passport, taking the boy--and the reader--on a journey through a series of countries around the globe where "sweet people" can be found. Walker's heartening message is celebrated through Quim Torres' deeply felt illustrations.

The second novel written by the bestselling author of THE COLOUR PURPLE.

A beautifully illustrated, definitive account of Alice Walker's life, told in the Pulitzer Prize winner's singular voice.

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Color Purple: a "moving, tender" novel of a Deep South tenant farmer's quest for a new life (Publishers Weekly).Grange Copeland, a deeply conflicted and struggling tenant farmer in the Deep South of the 1930s, leaves his family and everything he's ever known to find happiness and respect in the cold cities of the North. This misadventure, his "second life," proves a dismal failure that sends him back where he came from to confront his now grown-up son's disastrous relationships with his own family, including Grange's granddaughter, Ruth Copeland, a child that Grange grows to love. Love becomes the substance of his third and final life. He spends it in devotion to Ruth, teaching and protecting her?though the cost of doing so is almost more than he can bear.From a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner, this is an "honest sensitive tale . . . leavened by those moments of humor and warmth that have enabled men and women to endure so much tragedy" (Chicago Daily News).

Mindful poems about tolerance, justice and hope for the Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple.

"Glædens hemmelighed" er historien om Tashi, en afrikansk kvinde, der også optræder i to af Alice Walkers tidligere bøger, "Farven lilla" og "Åndetemplet". Som ung kvinde vælger hun at følge traditionen og lade sig omskære, som det er almindeligt i visse afrikanske lande.Hele resten af sit liv bruger Tashi på at komme overens med resultatet af den beslutning. Hun bliver behandlet i psykoterapi, bl.a. af C.G. Jung, men det er først, da hun får en uventet forbundsfælle, at hun for alvor begynder at finde tilbage til sig selv."Dette er en bemærkelsesværdig roman. Det er lykkedes Alice Walker at skrive en stærk roman om et brutalt emne, og hun har gjort den både skræmmende og læseværdig, vred og varmhjertet, politisk og menneskelig. En sjældenhed."– Newsweekidden /title /head body center h1 403 Forbidden /h1 /center /body /htmlDen amerikanske forfatter og aktivist Alice Walker (f. 1944) er født i sydstaten Georgia og har blandt andet arbejdet som medredaktør af magasinet "Ms" og af det afroamerikanske tidsskrift "Freedomways". I 1982 vandt hun en Pulitzer Prize og National Book Award for sin mest kendte roman "Farven lilla". Alice Walkers bøger er blevet solgt i store oplag verden over, og hun er bredt anerkendt for sit virke i kampen for afroamerikaneres rettigheder.

Alice Walker explores the struggles she's had with art, motherhood, illness, and relationships, as well as reveals details from the controversy in the making of the movie based on her book, The Color Purple.The Same River Twice is a collection of work based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize­­­?winning novel, The Color Purple. The collection includes essays, journal entries, and the screenplay she never got to use. It covers topics such as art, motherhood, illness, and relationships. She also reveals her work with Steven Spielberg, Quincy Jones, Oprah Winfrey, and Whoopi Goldberg on the movie based on her book, and explores the controversy behind the movie surrounding Steven and Alice's differing visions, and how it was received by critics. Behind the beautiful writing lies a vulnerability in self-doubt and worry in how the community will respond to her writing. The Same River Twice explores the complex experiences in her life and illuminates Walker as a woman, an artist, and healer.

A poetry collection of ';playful and crooning lyricism' from the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The Color Purple (Booklist). In this dazzling new collection, Alice Walker offers over sixty new poems to incite and nurture contemporary activists. Hailed as a ';lavishly gifted writer,' Walker imbues her poetry with evocative images, fresh language, anger, forgiveness, and profound wisdom (The New York Times). Casting her eye toward history, politics, and nature, as well as to world figures such as Jimmy Carter, Gloria Steinem, and the Dalai Lama, she ';distills struggles, crises, and tragedies down to bright, singing lessons in living with awareness and joy' (Booklist). By attentively chronicling the conditions of human life today, Walker shows, as ever, her deep compassion, profound spirituality, and necessary political commitments. The poems in The World Will Follow Joy remind us of our human capacity to come together and take action, even in our troubled political times. ';Her spirituality, concern for human rights, and almost old-fashioned, determined joyousness run deep and her devoted readers will want to follow her as she turns ';madness into flowers'' (Library Journal).

The National Book Award and Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The Color Purple explores our modern world with ';compassion, courage, and humor' (Booklist). Alice Walker once ached for retirement, but in the turmoil of the Democratic primaries and the economic collapse of 2008, she realized she simply had a great deal more to say. Leaving her meditation cushion behind, she found herself traveling the world once again to speak of our intertwined personal, spiritual, and political destinies through ruminations, poems, essays, and letters. At the height of her literary powers, this revered American novelist, poet, essayist, and activist invites readers on a journey of political awakening and spiritual insight. While visiting subjects she has addressed throughout her careerincluding racism, Africa, Palestinian solidarity, and Cubaas well as addressing emergent issues, such as the presidency of Barack Obama and health care, Walker explores her conflicting impulses to retreat into inner contemplation and to remain deeply engaged with the world. Rich with humor and wisdom, and informed by Walker's unique eye for the details of human and natural experience, The Cushion in the Road is ';a heartfelt response to a new generation's yearning for public service' (Kirkus Reviews). ';Walker's concern for the state of humanity and the planet comes through as impassioned and genuine.' Publishers Weekly ';Quintessential Alice Walker: edgy, demanding, prayerful, loving, and aware. An essential companion for those who wish to be a force for positive change in our perpetually challenging world.' ForeWord Magazine ';Infused with a quiet grace and gentle resolve to act responsibly.' Kirkus Reviews

A memoir about keeping chickens from the author of THE COLOR PURPLE

"e;I was born to grow, / alongside my garden of plants, / poems / like / this one"e;So writes Alice Walker in this new book of poems, poems composed over the course of one year in response to joy and sorrow both personal and global: the death of loved ones, war, the deliciousness of love, environmental devastation, the sorrow of rejection, greed, poverty, and the sweetness of home. The poems embrace our connections while celebrating the joy of individuality, the power we each share to express our truest, deepest selves. Beloved for her ability to speak her own truth in ways that speak for and about countless others, she demonstrates that we are stronger than our circumstances. As she confronts personal and collective challenges, her words dance, sing, and heal.

The new novel from the author of THE COLOR PURPLE, 'This legendary writer, who with her pen has changed lives and moved minds' (Pride)

Alice Walker's powerful first novel.

'A romance of the last 500,000 years' from the Pulitzer prize winning author of THE COLOR PURPLE.

The collected poems of the Pulitzer Prize winning author of THE COLOR PURPLE.

'Alice Walker in this, the most beautiful, the most compassionate, the most sensuous of novels, has created a masterpiece. It is one of the most life-enhancing novels you could hope to read. Flawless' Mary Louden, THE TIMES

From the author of THE COLOR PURPLE, fiction and autobiography blend in this fabulously rich collection of short stories

From the author of THE COLOR PURPLE, a unique collection of essays about her life and her activism

A fantastic collection of stories - funny, touching, surprising - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE COLOR PURPLE

The first collection of Alice Walker's non-fiction spanning fifteen years in the career of this remarkable writer.

The real story behind the making of THE COLOR PURPLE in the author's own words

'An extraordinarily diverse collection; pure Walker, fresh-eyed and sassy' NEW YORK TIMES

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.

Fjorten moderne historier af forfatteren til "Farven lilla" og "Meridian". De handler om kærlighed, lyst og berømmelse; faren ved pornografi, abort og voldtægt; spændingen ved nye elskere og glæden ved at genfinde gamle venner på tværs af forskelle på hudfarve og køn.Det er en samling provokerende og humoristiske portrætter af kvinder, der modigt gør krav på deres tilkæmpede rettigheder, og som i deres styrke og ukuelighed ikke er til at holde nede.Den amerikanske forfatter og aktivist Alice Walker (f. 1944) er født i sydstaten Georgia og har blandt andet arbejdet som medredaktør af magasinet "Ms" og af det afroamerikanske tidsskrift "Freedomways". I 1982 vandt hun en Pulitzer Prize og National Book Award for sin mest kendte roman "Farven lilla". Alice Walkers bøger er blevet solgt i store oplag verden over, og hun er bredt anerkendt for sit virke i kampen for afroamerikaneres rettigheder.

"Farven lilla" er Alice Walkers mesterværk, som hun vandt en Pulitzer Prize og National Book Award for i 1982. Romanen foregår i 1930’ernes Georgia, USA, hvor afroamerikanske kvinders rettigheder var nærmest ikkeeksisterende, og de forventedes at finde sig i hvad som helst. Alice Walker fortæller om dem, der lod sig kue, og dem, der tog kampen op for at få et bedre liv.Den amerikanske forfatter og aktivist Alice Walker (f. 1944) er født i sydstaten Georgia og har blandt andet arbejdet som medredaktør af magasinet "Ms" og af det afroamerikanske tidsskrift "Freedomways". I 1982 vandt hun en Pulitzer Prize og National Book Award for sin mest kendte roman "Farven lilla". Alice Walkers bøger er blevet solgt i store oplag verden over, og hun er bredt anerkendt for sit virke i kampen for afroamerikaneres rettigheder."Alice Walker er overhovedet Amerikas mest interessante kvindelige forfatter i disse år. Med både Pulitzerprisen og The National Book Award i ryggen kommer nu hendes seneste roman til Danmark… Rå og gribende roman." – Politiken"Race, køn, klasse, kærlighed. Det hele bliver her til en menneskesag… Det er længe siden, at det sorte Amerika har talt så klart og stærkt." – Weekendavisen"Nogle bøger er så gode, at man får inderlig lyst til at begrænse sin anmeldelse til tre ord: Læs den bog! "Farven lilla" er en af dem." – Berlingske Tidende