Displaying 1 of 1 1998 Format: Book Author: Kingsolver, Barbara, author. Title: The poisonwood Bible : a novel / Barbara Kingsolver. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : HarperFlamingo, [1998] ©1998 Description: x, 546 pages ; 25 cm. Summary: The drama of a U.S. missionary family in Africa during a war of decolonization. At its center is Nathan Price, a self-righteous Baptist minister who establishes a mission in a village in 1959 Belgian Congo. The resulting clash of cultures is seen through the eyes of his wife and his four daughters. By the author of Pigs in Heaven. Contents: Genesis -- The revelation -- The judges -- Bel and the serpent -- Exodus -- Song of the three children -- The eyes in the trees. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-546). Read by Dean Robertson. Accelerated Reader UG 6.6 29 35204 Editors' Choice, New York Times Book Review. Target Audience Note: 960L Lexile Subjects: Americans -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Fiction. Missionaries -- Fiction. Christian missionaries -- Congo -- Fiction. Americans -- Africa -- Fiction. Culture conflict -- Congo -- Fiction. Americans -- Congo -- Fiction. Baptists -- Congo -- Fiction. Colonies -- Congo -- Fiction. Imperialism -- Congo -- Fiction. World politics -- Congo -- Fiction. Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Fiction. Genre: Domestic fiction. Domestic fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction. Historical fiction. Web Site: Contributor biographical information Publisher description Web Link ISBN: 0060175400 9780060175405 0060930535 9780060930530 9780571339792 0571339794 057120175X 9780571201754 9780060786502 9780060175405 System Availability: 23 Current Holds: 0 Place a Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Syndetics Unbound First Chapter or Excerpt Fiction/Biography Profile Large Cover Image Trade Reviews Summary Table of Contents Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
