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Meridian: A Novel
Alice Walker
Synopsis "Meridian: A Novel"
.A poignant and powerful story of the American South in the 1960s and of one woman who risks her life for the people she loves from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple, now available in a new edition featuring an introduction by Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage."A classic novel of both feminism and the Civil Rights movement." --Ms. Magazine"My life suddenly made sense when I encountered Alice Walker's fiction." --Tayari Jones Meridian Hill, a dedicated and courageous young activist in the 1960s, works to create peace and understanding through her civil rights work, touching the lives of all those she meets even when her health begins to deteriorate. With the old rules of Southern society collapsing around her, her coworkers quitting and moving to comfortable homes and lives, and others turning to more violent means of achieving change, Meridian fights a lonely battle to reaffirm her own humanity--and that of all her people.
(1944) Escritora afroamericana que recibió el Premio Pulitzer a la obra de ficción en 1983 por la novela El color púrpura y se convirtió en la primera persona afrodescendiente en conseguirlo. También recibió el National Book Award el mismo año. Es autora de poemas, relatos cortos y novelas. Walker destaca por su activismo en favor de los derechos de las mujeres, las minorías étnicas y la liberación sexual.