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Jan 1, 1989 · The Temple of My Familiar. Alice Walker. 4.05. 14,562 ratings613 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.
The Temple of My Familiar is a 1989 novel by Alice Walker. 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 ...
Study Guide for The Temple of My Familiar. The Temple of My Familiar study guide contains a biography of Alice Walker, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. About The Temple of My Familiar; The Temple of My Familiar Summary; Character List; Glossary; Themes
The Temple of My Familiar (1989) is a novel by Alice Walker. It follows the intersecting lives of multiple characters across countries and lifetimes, exploring the themes of The Feminine Experience, The Historical Trauma of Colonization, and Spirituality in the Diaspora.
Discussion of themes and motifs in Alice Walker's The Temple of My Familiar. eNotes critical analyses help you gain a deeper understanding of The Temple of My Familiar so you can...
In The Temple of My Familiar, Walker tries something almost destined to fail. She challenges the West's Eurocentric vision of the world — its myths of human origins, its concepts of...
THE Temple of My Familiar. OVER FOUR MONTHS A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. “The richness of Alice Walker’s new novel is amazing, overwhelming. A hundred themes and subjects spin through it, dozens of characters, a whirl of time and places.
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. Alice Walker. Orion, Dec 29, 2011 - Fiction - 432 pages 'A romance of the last 500,000 years' from the Pulitzer prize winning author of THE COLOR PURPLE. 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.
The Temple of My Familiar. Alice Walker. Pocket Books, 1990 - Fiction - 417 pages. Transcending the conventions of time and place, Walker's novel moves from contemporary America, England, and...
