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: The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.)

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780061577079
ISBN: 0061577073
Label: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 576
Publication Date: June 01, 2008
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Studio: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Sales Rank: 54533



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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.





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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - One of the Few Finest American Novels
This is a superbly lyrical, multifaceted, psychologically and sociologically astute masterwork treating a white Christian missionary family's awkwardly tragic attempt to evangelize part of black Africa. Maybe part of my high appreciation for this novel derives from my wife's and my Christian missionary years as well as my later chairmanship of a large African languages department in the Washington DC area.

Kingsolver's academic background in biology allows her to describe African flora ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Kingsolver is amazing!
I was already a big Kingsolver fan, and this one goes on my list of all-time favorite books. She constructs complex stories with lots of history lessons thrown in, then writes so beautifully I have to reread out loud many passages, paragraphs and ideas.


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - The first half was fabulous! I can't say the same for the 2nd half.
For me, *The Poisonwood Bible* could have been on top of my personal list as an all-time classic. Alas! It does not.

I thoroughly enjoyed the first half of this novel. In 1959, Nathan Price, a fire-and-brimstone Baptist envangelist/missionary, uprooted his Georgian family and takes them halfway around the world to the Belgian Congo. Including him, his wife (Orleanna) and his 4 daughters (Rachel, Leah, Adah and Ruth May) were totally unprepared for life in the Congo. I mean, they had ... Read More


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Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780061577079
ISBN: 0061577073
Label: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 576
Publication Date: June 01, 2008
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Studio: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Sales Rank: 54533
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