A Good Read | Joann Fletcher and Damian Barr

Duration: 27'40''

Synopsis

Writer Damian Barr and Egyptologist Joann Fletcher join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books. Under discussion are Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize winner, The Color Purple.

Further Information
Other Archive resources
The Color Purple | BBC Two | 2019

Novels That Shaped Our World | The Color Purple

An introduction to the plot, character and context of Alice Walker's 'The Color Purple'.
The Color Purple | BBC Four | 2013

Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth | Alice Walker reads 'the God section' from 'The Color Purple'

Alice Walker reads out a section from 'The Color Purple' that has been referred to as 'the God section'.