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  • La prosa di Alice Walker in questo libro è stupefacente. La sua riproduzione del parlato ellittico e dialettale di Celie è perfetta, come il modo che ha di farla crescere. Il film glissava sulla storia d'amore fra lei e Shug Avery (come del resto il film tratto da "Pomodori verdi fritti..." era infe ... Continue

    La prosa di Alice Walker in questo libro è stupefacente. La sua riproduzione del parlato ellittico e dialettale di Celie è perfetta, come il modo che ha di farla crescere. Il film glissava sulla storia d'amore fra lei e Shug Avery (come del resto il film tratto da "Pomodori verdi fritti..." era infedele alla vera natura del rapporto fra Idgie e Ruth, in tutto e per tutto un matrimonio), che nel romanzo viene esplorata con grande tenerezza.

    

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  • Brilliant. This is not only a novel, but a piece of feminism, colonialism and identity.
    In the form of private letters, Alice Walker speaks for the black in their own views. Though tragic it may seem to many, one wouldn't think the characters are victimizing themselves, instead they show us how ... Continue

    Brilliant. This is not only a novel, but a piece of feminism, colonialism and identity.
    In the form of private letters, Alice Walker speaks for the black in their own views. Though tragic it may seem to many, one wouldn't think the characters are victimizing themselves, instead they show us how to live. How to live with their own meanings.

    

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  • It took a little bit to me entering Celie's rotten and ungrammatical world, and I can't say it's been easy: I mean, I got used to her peculiar vocabulary fairly soon, but still there was something slipping, something disturbing about that, maybe because it was the only way I could penetrate the envi ... Continue

    It took a little bit to me entering Celie's rotten and ungrammatical world, and I can't say it's been easy: I mean, I got used to her peculiar vocabulary fairly soon, but still there was something slipping, something disturbing about that, maybe because it was the only way I could penetrate the environment where she lives, or better, try to survive. Apart from that, I give Alice Walker just two stars not because she's not worth them, but because I've never been crazy about epistolary novels, although the idea of this woman whose only relief in life is writing to God is very original and somehow even tender. I would have appreciated a little bit of narration, even from other characters' point of view, such as Albert's, Harpo's, Sophia's...

    PLOT: Celie lives in the Deep South of United States of America and her life is a hell on earth. Raped by the man she calls father, her mother forced to bed on account of a cruel illness, left by her sister Nettie who escaped from home, married to a man, Albert, to whom she's less than a servant, her life changes when she meets Shug Avery, a singer who used to date with her usband before he got married. Shug is very ill and nobody but Albert is willing to take care of her, so she moves to his house. At first she's very mean to Celie, but little by little the two of them instituide a special friendship who will help Celie to raise her head and get going on her way...

    

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  • 以姐妹情誼串聯起很多情節，因為這許多子題而顯得豐富，黑人社群（ 當然本書的描寫絕不可能代表全部的黑人）的整體意識以及散發出的社 群氣味濃厚。不過，也因為許多子題摻雜，讓我有時候很想跳過特定片 段。

    最欣賞的是Celie的性向／情慾描寫。本書從一開始便表明Cel ie慾望的對象並非男性，譬如她珍藏Shug Avery的相片，初見Shug時緊張興奮難抑之情，對於旁人稱讚 Mr. ________完全沒有感覺，最後甚至直接說『男人脫了褲子之後 都是青蛙，青蛙在我看來都一樣』，雖然對比出Celie在性別關係 中境遇之慘（我的天啊，要讓青蛙在她上面上廁所！），對這個比喻我 也忍不住一笑。Continue

    以姐妹情誼串聯起很多情節，因為這許多子題而顯得豐富，黑人社群 （當然本書的描寫絕不可能代表全部的黑人）的整體意識以及散發出 的社群氣味濃厚。不過，也因為許多子題摻雜，讓我有時候很想跳過 特定片段。

    最欣賞的是Celie的性向／情慾描寫。本書從一開始便表明Ce lie慾望的對象並非男性，譬如她珍藏Shug Avery的相片，初見Shug時緊張興奮難抑之情，對於旁人稱 讚Mr. ________完全沒有感覺，最後甚至直接說『男人脫了褲子之 後都是青蛙，青蛙在我看來都一樣』，雖然對比出Celie在性別 關係中境遇之慘（我的天啊，要讓青蛙在她上面上廁所！），對這個 比喻我也忍不住一笑。

    精采莫若Shug Avery發現Celie從來不曾享受性，之後帶她探索自己身體 的場景，在這裡寫到inside the door there is a wet rose，不寫而寫Celie的身體以及她的欲望（for whom the rose gets wet?）；她聽到Mr. _________ 和Shug Avery上床時一邊撫摸自己一邊流淚，同時寫慾望／情感／性取 向，令人驚嘆同時感傷的一幕。

    除了Celie之外，本書也寫其他女人的性，Shug Avery, Sofia, Mary Agnes (a.k.a. Sqeak)都有不只一個男人，這些情感／慾望關係的變動，夾雜 著這些女人之間的姐妹情誼，無比自然。就算曾經為一個男人打架又 如何？也可以在同一張桌上吃飯、照顧對方的孩子。我覺得這裡並不 是要呈現傳統黑人女性淫蕩的形象，而是要寫她們的性／情自主以及 當時尚未平衡的情感權力關係，要不是Harpo這樣急切的想要當 Sofia的主人，也許Sofia不會換男人；而且，相對於變動 的情感關係之後其實一直有一對固定的夫妻：Odessa and Jack，他們為什麼可以這樣穩固？因為Jack永遠支持Ode ssa。

    最欣賞的是，就算是在這麼女人、充滿女性情誼、也有女性磨難的小 說中，還是可以看到不同的男性形象。從一開始的Mr. _________到Albert，從完全不敢直呼其名的巨大父 權／陽具，到一起縫衣服口袋、在夕陽下坐在門口聊天的朋友，這是 我印象中屬一屬二深刻的、完整的男性形象，並不因為曾是施虐者而 變得扁平。我喜歡這樣自然的和解。

    當然，本書中還有很多東西，不過對於非洲黑人／美國黑人的對照、 何處是故鄉的感情依歸、裁縫與身體的關係、Celie和Nett ie的情感……就留給別人評論吧。

    

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