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Meridian

Walker, AliceJones, Tayari(Introduction by)
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The second novel written by Alice Walker, preceding THE COLOUR PURPLE is a heartfelt and moving story about one woman's personal revolution as she joins the Civil Rights Movement.

Set in the American South in the 1960s it follows Meridian Hill, a courageous young woman who dedicates herself heart and soul to her civil rights work, touching the lives of those around her even as her own health begins to deteriorate.

Hers is a lonely battle, but it is one she will not abandon, whatever the costs.

This is classic Alice Walker, beautifully written, intense and passionate.

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
075381949X / 9780753819494
Paperback / softback
813.54
16/09/2004
United Kingdom
English
Feminist novels
242 p.
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; London: Andrâe Deutsch, 1976.
Meridian has sold over 120,000 copies in paperback. From the Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Color Purple This is Meridian's first outing on the Phoenix list and we intend to give the entire Alice Walker backlist a stunning new look that is right up to date and will bring her wonderful writing to a new generation of readers 'A fine, taut novel...A lean book that goes down like clear water. Remarkable' Marge Piercy, New Yorker 'Though Walker writes of an individual, you almost feel the story of a nation is being told. Meridian is the story of love, courage and discrimination' Pride 'Beauti
Meridian has sold over 120,000 copies in paperback. From the Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Color Purple This is Meridian's first outing on the Phoenix list and we intend to give the entire Alice Walker backlist a stunning new look that is right up to date and will bring her wonderful writing to a new generation of readers 'A fine, taut novel...A lean book that goes down like clear water. Remarkable' Marge Piercy, New Yorker 'Though Walker writes of an individual, you almost feel the story of a nation is being told. Meridian is the story of love, courage and discrimination' Pride 'Beauti FA Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)