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The Temple of My Familiar

Alice Walker

Paperback | Pages: 416 pages

Rating: 4.05 | 13225 Users | 471 Reviews

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Title	:	The Temple of My Familiar
Author	:	Alice Walker
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 416 pages
Published	:	September 16th 2004 by W&N (first published January 1st 1989)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. African American. Feminism. Magical Realism. Classics

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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. Here we meet Lissie, a woman of many pasts; Arveyda the great guitarist and his Latin American wife who has had to flee her homeland; Suwelo, the history teacher, and his former wife Fanny who has fallen in love with spirits. Hovering tantalisingly above their stories are Miss Celie and Shug, the beloved characters from THE COLOUR PURPLE.

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Original Title:	The Temple of My Familiar
ISBN:	0753819481 (ISBN13: 9780753819487)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 4.05 From 13225 Users | 471 Reviews

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I'm ashamed to admit that this one sat on my shelves for perhaps 15 years. But clearly, there was a reason I held onto it: it is a beautiful, magical, devastating, lyrical treat! Even though the narrative drifts like a winding river among a cast of intertwined characters, plots, and settings, somehow they are all connected. I can't recommend this book highly enough, but I must warn you to be patient. I urge you to just pick it up and go with the flow. Not all questions are answered in the end,

Long will we remember pain, but the pain itself, as it was at that point of intensity that made us feel as if we must die of it, eventually vanishes. Our memory of it becomes its only trace. Walls remain. They grow moss. They are difficult barriers to cross, to get to others, to get to closed-down parts of ourselves. - Alice Walker, The Temple of my FamiliarIts quite an intimidating feat to review this book. The Temple of my Familiar is such a rich, multi-layered story, the kind that you can

Lovely. I read this book when I was in my late teens and liked it. But it has a very different meaning now that I am a grown woman. I really enjoyed this novel the second time around.

2.5 starsThere are some great topics of discussion in this book but it just didn't feel like a novel. There's no real plot, nothing flows, and the characters aren't well developed. The worst part is the excessive use of dialogue. With page after page of long quotes, it seems that Walker took the lazy-writer route on this one. Granted, she delivers powerful messages on gender, race, power, and the evolution of humanity; so this book is not a total fail. It's just poorly formatted. In fact, it's

This book shook me. It comforted me while at the same time making me extremely uncomfortable, and at first I was upset by that. Then I thought, "What's the use of a book if it doesn't make you challenge your own thoughts?" It took me a good while to read all the way through because I kept stopping to chew over what it handed me, and in the end I'm not entirely sure I understood it in spite of all that ruminating. Its scope is truly phenomenal in terms of time alone, and then there are the people

This book was a different experience than most books.I initially was swept in by the writing. I felt like I could touch the scenes.I am actually a big narrative person, i.e. I usually like a great story line. This did not disappoint, but it was more about the characters. It reminded me of Grapes of Wrath in that it wasn't until I read the final chapters of the book that the story line rushed over me and revealed its excellence.Written by Alice Walker, the book explores African-American culture,