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The Poisonwood Bible
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The Poisonwood Bible Compact disc - 2010

de Barbara Kingsolver; Read by Dean Robertson


Información de la editorial

"A powerful new epic . . . [Kingsolver] has with infinitely steady hands worked the prickly threads of religion, politics, race, sin and redemption into a thing of terrible beauty." --Los Angeles Times Book Review

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. 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.

Detalles

  • Título The Poisonwood Bible
  • Autor Barbara Kingsolver; Read by Dean Robertson
  • Encuadernación Compact Disc
  • Edición Unabridged
  • Páginas 13
  • Volúmenes 13
  • Idioma ENG
  • Editorial Brilliance Audio
  • Fecha de publicación 2010-09
  • Features Unabridged
  • ISBN 9781455800933 / 1455800937
  • Peso 0.6 libras (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensiones 7 x 5.2 x 1.4 pulgadas (17.78 x 13.21 x 3.56 cm)
  • Temas
    • Cultural Region: African
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC