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"I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry."
- Randall Jarrell
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ZIN Product Number: 10559338
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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Library Binding
Publisher: Econo-Clad Books
ISBN: 0613221931
Release Date: Jan 8, 1990
Average Reader Review:   (Based on 5 reviews.)
| |  | | | In Brief
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 order 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.
| | | | From The Publisher
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.
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 | | | | | Number of Reviews: 5 Average Rating:
I had to read this for history class...
-- A reviewer, a highschool student, March 28, 2002
THE POISONWOOD BIBLE IS A 'MUST-READ' BOOK
-- Christina G., an avid reader :, January 22, 2002
Also Recommended: 'Not Without My Daughter' by Betty Mahmoody and William Hoffer, and 'Bless Me, Ultima' by Rudolfo Anaya
Something about this book just wasn't appealing..
-- Eva, a 15 year old student at MKHS, November 13, 2001
Also Recommended: Memoirs of a Geisha
At a loss
-- Franzen, August 12, 2002
Also Recommended: Last Man Standing by Baldacci, The Bark of the Dogwood by McCrae, and Empire Falls by Russo.
Simply Astounding
-- John, a college student in Idaho, August 8, 2002
Also Recommended: East of Eden, At Swim Two Boys, Sweet Thursday
| |  | | | The Word On The Street
There are few ambitious, successful and beautiful novels. Lucky for us, we have one now, in Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible....This awed reviewer hardly knows where to begin. —Jane Smiley
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