The Resource The poisonwood Bible : a novel, Barbara Kingsolver
The poisonwood Bible : a novel, Barbara Kingsolver
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- x, 546 pages
- Contents
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- Genesis
- The revelation
- The judges
- Bel and the serpent
- Exodus
- Song of the three children
- The eyes in the trees
- Isbn
- 9780061577079
- Label
- The poisonwood Bible : a novel
- Title
- The poisonwood Bible
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Barbara Kingsolver
- Subject
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- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Fiction
- Americans -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Fiction
- trueAmericans in Africa
- trueAmericans in Congo (Democratic Republic)
- trueBaptists
- trueChristian families
- trueChristian missionaries
- trueColonialism
- trueCongo (Democratic Republic)
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1960-1997 -- Fiction
- trueCulture conflict
- trueDomestic fiction
- trueEmotionally abusive men
- Families -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Missionaries -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Fiction
- Missionaries -- Fiction
- trueReligious fanatics
- Language
- eng
- 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
- 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.
- Awards note
- Editors' Choice, New York Times Book Review.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 038329
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kingsolver, Barbara
- Government publication
- publication of autonomous or semi autonomous component of government
- Illustrations
- phonodisk
- Index
- no index present
- Interest level
- Middle Grade
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- PerformerNote
- Read by Dean Robertson
- Reading level
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- 6.6
- 6.6
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Study program name
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- Accelerated Reader
- Accelerated Reader AR
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Americans
- Missionaries
- Families
- Missionaries
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Label
- The poisonwood Bible : a novel, Barbara Kingsolver
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-546)
- 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.
- Contents
- Genesis -- The revelation -- The judges -- Bel and the serpent -- Exodus -- Song of the three children -- The eyes in the trees
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- x, 546 pages
- Isbn
- 9780061577079
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : HarperPerennial)
- Lccn
- 98019901
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocm38916924
- (OCoLC)60786494
- Label
- The poisonwood Bible : a novel, Barbara Kingsolver
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-546)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Genesis -- The revelation -- The judges -- Bel and the serpent -- Exodus -- Song of the three children -- The eyes in the trees
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- x, 546 pages
- Isbn
- 9780061577079
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : HarperPerennial)
- Lccn
- 98019901
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocm38916924
- (OCoLC)60786494
Subject
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Fiction
- Americans -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Fiction
- trueAmericans in Africa
- trueAmericans in Congo (Democratic Republic)
- trueBaptists
- trueChristian families
- trueChristian missionaries
- trueColonialism
- trueCongo (Democratic Republic)
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1960-1997 -- Fiction
- trueCulture conflict
- trueDomestic fiction
- trueEmotionally abusive men
- Families -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Missionaries -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Fiction
- Missionaries -- Fiction
- trueReligious fanatics
Genre
Included in
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 1998
- trueClassic Literary Fiction
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Adult Fiction for Young Adults: 1998
- trueClassic Historical Fiction
- trueIndies' Choice Book Awards: Adult Fiction
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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.
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