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Title:
The Poisonwood Bible
Genre:
Fiction
Historical Fiction
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Subgenre:
Literary fiction; political/historical fiction; Africa (Belgian Congo/DRC) setting; missionary-family saga
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1st
Narrative:
Alternating Person
Type of Book:
Fiction
Number of Pages:
546
Number of Chapters:
7
Date Added:
2018-06-26 17:11:20
Synopsis:
Set in 1959, The Poisonwood Bible follows the Price family—an evangelical Baptist minister, his wife, and four daughters—who leave Georgia for a mission in the Belgian Congo. Through the alternating perspectives of the wife and daughters, the novel traces their cultural collision with the village of Kilanga and the surrounding political upheaval as Congo moves toward independence. As Nathan Price’s uncompromising zeal and refusal to adapt intensify hardship, each family member confronts moral responsibility, faith, power, and the consequences of American certainty abroad. Their experiences transform them in different ways, revealing how personal survival, guilt, and love intersect with colonial history and Cold War-era interference.
Author:
Barbara Kingsolver
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Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Barcode:
9780061577079
Country:
United States
Publication Date:
1999-01-01
Publication Year:
1999
Copyright Year:
1998
Number of Copies:
1
Language:
English
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$6.30
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-03-22
Date Added:
2018-06-26 17:11:20
