Name: The Poisonwood Bible
Price: 223.00 ZAR
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Author: Barbara Kingsolver
ISBN: 9780571339792

Type

Physical Book

Author

Barbara Kingsolver

Publisher

Faber and Faber

Year

2017

Language

English

Pages

640

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780571339792

The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver (Author) · Faber and Faber · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Poisonwood Bible"

An international bestseller and a modern classic, this suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and their remarkable reconstruction has been read, adored and shared by millions around the world.

This new edition for 2017 features a cover design by award-winning fashion designer, Tina Lobondi. This 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 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.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Novelist, essayist, and American poet, Barbara Kingsolver was born in Annapolis, Maryland, on April 8, 1955. She grew up in Kentucky and spent a brief period of time in Congo during her childhood.

Kingsolver studied Biology at DePauw University and the University of Arizona. Later, she began working as a freelance writer before dedicating herself to writing novels. In 2000, she created the Bellwether Prize with the goal of promoting literature in favor of social change.

In her literary work, she has written about social justice, biodiversity, and the relationship between people and their environment. Among her works are titles such as The Poisonwood Bible, The Lacuna (Women's Fiction Prize 2010), and Demon Copperhead (Pulitzer Prize 2023 along with Hernán Díaz's Trust and Women's Fiction Prize 2023)

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