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It is an ambitious and multi-narrative novel containing the interleaved stories of Arveyda, a musician in search of his past; Carlotta, his Latin American wife who lives in exile from hers; Suwelo, a black professor of American History who realizes that his generation of men have failed women; Fanny, his ex-wife about to meet her father for the ...
- Alice Walker
- 1989
1 gen 1989 · The Temple of My Familiar. Alice Walker. 4.05. 14,543 ratings610 reviews. A visionary cast of characters weave together their past and present in a brilliantly intricate tapestry of tales. It is the story of the dispossessed and displaced, of peoples whose history is ancient and whose future is yet to come.
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The Temple of My Familiar. PDF Cite. Alice Walker’s first work since her highly acclaimed THE COLOR PURPLE is a book about time and change. Though written from a “womanist” viewpoint,...
Themes. A central theme in the novel is the challenge marginalized people face everywhere in creating an identity. Fanny, for example, faces two unacceptable roles — either as a victim of racism ...
A collection of stories, a political platform, and a sermon by Alice Walker, expressing a womanist world view. The book explores themes of change, respect, and self-awareness through the memories and experiences of various characters, including Fanny Nzingha from The Color Purple.
Alice Walker. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989 - Fiction - 416 pages. Spanning continents as well as centuries, the story moves from the Americas, Europe and Africa to nameless primal worlds. At the...
The Temple of My Familiar. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Color Purple weaves a “glorious and iridescent” tapestry of interrelated lives in this New York Times bestseller...
