Prior to reading this edition, I had read Harold Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretation's Series in 2010 borrowed from the American Library. AND, I did not like it. I abandoned the book after reading 30, maybe 40 pages. I felt embarrassed to desert a book like The Color Purple but I couldn't feel or understand what Harold Bloom had interpreted.
After 3 years, I bought myself a new copy with a cover page that I had no inkling about or couldn't predict the character it was based on! I also have the movie version of The Color Purple with a opening shot that shows two teenage girls walking through a field, one of them heavily pregnant. I had only seen about a few minutes of the movie too, because I wanted to READ the book first, before judging the movie and getting my opinions messed about this classic.
Here I am, having finished reading the book in 4 hours amid tears and a heavy heart. I don't recall reading any other book that's written in a letter format. These letters carry the seed of misery, a longing for love, freedom, and a girl's story right through her teens to her forties. Two sisters, their love and care for each other spread through unread letters and the final culmination of seeing oneself transformed into a confident woman who is affected by the magic of independence of another woman she admires. Truly beautiful in every essence, this is the symbol of sisterhood and the shared agony of three women and their circumstances.
I think, I am ready for the movie now. I know now, what I should know and think about Celie and Nettie and Shug!
Comments
Post a Comment