Isbn: 9780151885350 - Temple of My Familiar (13 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardback. Condition: Fair. In this brilliant (Essence) sequel to The Color Purple, Alice Walker weaves an intricate, rich tapestry of interrelated lives. Celie and Shug from The Color Purple subtly shadow the lives of the dozens of astonishing characters in The Temple of My Familiar, all of whom are dealing in some way with the legacy of the African experience in America. From recent African immigrants to a woman who grew up in the mixed-race rainforest communities of South America to Celie's own granddaughter living in modern-day San Francisco, they must come to terms with the brutal stories of their ancestors in order to confront their own troubled lives.Described by the author as a romance of the last 500,000 years, The Temple of My Familiar creates a new mythology from old fables and history, and along with it a profoundly spiritual explanation for centuries of shared African American experience. The richness of this] novel is amazing, overwhelming. A hundred themes and subjects spin through it, dozens of characters, a whirl of time and places. None is touched superficially: all the people are passionate actors and sufferers, and everything they talk about is urgent, a matter truly of life and death. They're like Dostoyevsky's characters, relentlessly raising the great moral questions and pushing one another towards self-knowledge, honesty, engagement. --Ursula K. LeGuin.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Half-Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club Edition. Stated first edition but is a BOMC. Dust Jacket shows some wear, several small tears along edges, protected in mylar wrap. 416 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Stated first edition. In Tan and green 1/4 cloth boards with gold seal of lions head/mane gilt stamp on front cover. Gilt spine. In clean unclipped dj. Author image on rear cover of jacket.

1st edition. HC in slipcase, 1/500 signed & numbered copies. 1st Printing. A fine copy in a fine slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First trade edition. SIGNED by Alice Walker on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First trade edition. SIGNED & dated in year of publication by Alice Walker on the title page. Fine in a fine dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. SIGNED Limited Edition. One of 500 numbered copies. Fine in gold cloth in creme colored publisher's slipcase. (B).