The Resource The poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
The poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
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The item The poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 543 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060786502
- Label
- The poisonwood Bible
- Title
- The poisonwood Bible
- Statement of responsibility
- Barbara Kingsolver
- Subject
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- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1960-1997 -- Fiction
- trueAmericans in Africa
- trueAmericans in Congo (Democratic Republic)
- trueBaptists
- trueChristian families
- trueChristian missionaries
- trueColonialism
- trueCongo (Democratic Republic)
- trueCulture conflict
- trueEmotionally abusive men
- Historical fiction
- Missionaries -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Fiction
- Missionaries -- Fiction
- trueReligious fanatics
- Suspense fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Award
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- Booklist Editors' Choice, 1998.
- Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 1998.
- Book Sense Book of the Year Adult Fiction, 2000.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 038329
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kingsolver, Barbara
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3561.I496
- LC item number
- P65 1998
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
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- Oprah's book club
- Oprah's book club
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Missionaries
- Missionaries
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 543 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060786502
- Lccn
- 98019901
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- Imprint varies.
- System control number
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- 38916924
- 288280
- Label
- The poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 543 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060786502
- Lccn
- 98019901
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Imprint varies.
- System control number
-
- 38916924
- 288280
Subject
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1960-1997 -- Fiction
- trueAmericans in Africa
- trueAmericans in Congo (Democratic Republic)
- trueBaptists
- trueChristian families
- trueChristian missionaries
- trueColonialism
- trueCongo (Democratic Republic)
- trueCulture conflict
- trueEmotionally abusive men
- Historical fiction
- Missionaries -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Fiction
- Missionaries -- Fiction
- trueReligious fanatics
- Suspense fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
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- trueClassic Historical Fiction
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Adult Fiction for Young Adults: 1998
- trueIndies' Choice Book Awards: Adult Fiction
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 1998
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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