- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Mariner Books; Reprint edition (Aug 6 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0547480008
- ISBN-13: 978-0547480008
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 14.2 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 113 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #555,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Part love story, part fable, part feminist manifesto, part political statement, Walker's novel follows a cast of interrelated characters, most of them black. and each representing a differ ent ethnic strain that contributes to the black experience in America. Marred by didacticism, theorizing and pontificating, "the book never achieves the narrative power of The Color Purple ," noted PW .
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
From Library Journal
Nothing in Walker's extraordinary new novel is fixed. Time and place range from precolonial Africa to post-slavery North Carolina to modern-day San Francisco; and the characters themselves change and evolve as their stories are told, their myriad histories revealed. Most often present are Miss Lissie, an old woman with a fascinating host of former lives; her companion, the gentle Mr. Hal; Arveyda, a soul-searching musician; his wife Carlotta, who was born in the South American jungle; Fanny, a young woman who has a tendency to fall in love with spirits; and her husband Suwelo, who tries hard but simply does not understand her. Out of the telling of their stories emerges a glorious and iridescent fabric, a strand connecting all their lives and former lives and seeming to pull all of existence into its folds. Walker's characters are magnetic, even with their all-to-human flaws and stumblings; they seem to contain the world, and to do it justice. Highly recommended.
- Jessica Grim,
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Jessica Grim,
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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In the old country in South America, Carlotta's grandmother, Zede, had been a seamstress, but really more of a sewing magician. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
ASTOUNDING!!!,
Ce commentaire est de: The Temple of My Familiar (Mass Market Paperback)
Every woman should read this book. This is a very grounding book for women, especially those of us who may have problems with self-esteem, finding our "purpose" or "way" in life. This book speaks to the the natural power and beauty of womanhood; something I think we all too often overlook in the patriachal society.
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Ce commentaire est de: The Temple of My Familiar (Mass Market Paperback)
I love many of Walker's books, but this was not what I expected. The idea's are deep and fascinating, but it lacked plot. She should have just written essays and published them in a nonfiction book, instead of passing off her "prose" as a book.
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a good read,
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Ce commentaire est de: The Temple of My Familiar (Mass Market Paperback)
A good book but not nearly as endearing as The Color Purple.
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