The Resource The poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver, (electronic resource)
The poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver, (electronic resource)
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The item The poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in St. Catharines Public Library.
Resource Information
The item The poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in St. Catharines Public Library.
- Summary
- "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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Isbn
- 9780061804816
- Label
- The poisonwood Bible
- Title
- The poisonwood Bible
- Statement of responsibility
- Barbara Kingsolver
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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
- Cataloging source
- Midwest
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kingsolver, Barbara
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
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- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- hoopla digital
- Series statement
- Oprah's book club
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- Americans
- Electronic books
- Missionaries
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver, (electronic resource)
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- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
-
- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Isbn
- 9780061804816
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Publisher number
- MWT13325008
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 13325008
- System control number
- MWT13325008
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Label
- The poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
-
- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Isbn
- 9780061804816
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Publisher number
- MWT13325008
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 13325008
- System control number
- MWT13325008
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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