The Poisonwood Bible
Author: Barbara Kingsolver
Publisher: Harper Collins
Format: Paperback
Categories: Cross-Cultural Issues, Fiction, Geo-political
Item: 0060786507
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Bestselling, compelling exploration of religion, conscience, culture, arrogance--telling the story of an American missionary and his family in the Congo in 1959. An Oprah Book Club selection, this book became the most widely read book about mission in the general population.
The Poisonwood Bible is a story 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 everything 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. What follows is a suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in postcolonial Africa. The novel is set against one of the most dramatic political chronicles of the twentieth century: the Congo's fight for independence from Belgium, the murder of its first elected prime minister, the CIA coup to install his replacement, and the insidious progress of a world economic order that robs the fledgling African nation of its autonomy. Taking its place alongside the classic works of postcolonial literature, this ambitious novel establishes Kingsolver as one of the most thoughtful and daring of modern writers. (Publisher)
ISBN | 0060786507 |
ISBN 13 | 9780060786502 |
Weight | 1.14 |
Pages | 545 |
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