The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Poisonwood Bible tells the story of an American family in the Congo during a time of tremendous political and social upheaval. The story is told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them all they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it - from garden seeds to Scripture - is calamitously transformed on African soil. This tale of one family's tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction, over the course of three decades in postcolonial Africa, is set against one of history's most dramatic political parables. The Poisonwood Bible dances between the darkly comic human failings and inspiring poetic justices of our times. In a compelling exploration of religion, conscience, imperialist arrogance, and the many paths to redemption, Barbara Kingsolver has written a novel of overwhelming power and passion.
Barbara Kingsolver is the global prize-winning and bestselling author of novels including Unsheltered, Flight Behaviour, The Lacuna, The Poisonwood Bible and Demon Copperhead, as well as books of poetry, essays and creative non-fiction. Kingsolver's work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She has won many awards for fiction including the Pulitzer Prize, the James Tait Black Prize, and is the only author to have won the Women's Prize twice. She lives with her family in southern Appalachia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571197637 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571197639 |
| Title | The Poisonwood Bible |
| Author | B Kingsolver |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 1999-01-09 |
| Number of pages | 571 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Orange Prize for Fiction 1999 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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