A great book ruined by a truly dreadful narrator i had only managed to read half of the poisonwood bible when it came up for my book group, so decided to revisit it in audio format. Kingsolver casts a spell with the language she uses to describe three decades in the collective lives of the price family, beginning with their time as missionaries in the belgian congo. Orleanna price and her four daughters accompany her husband. Ignorance and grace lessons from the poisonwood bible. Sep 12, 2018 the book the poisonwood bible holds a very good name in the list of the historical fiction books. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
The family struggles to adapt to their new surroundings while nathan price remains oblivious to his family. The book is also a marvelous mix of trenchant character portrayal, unflagging narrative thrust and authoritative background detail. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 546 pages and is available in hardcover format. Poisonwood bible, the audiobook by barbara kingsolver. Nathaniel nathan aims to spread christianity to the unenlightened people of the world, despite the fact that the congolese already have their own religious traditions. In a compelling exploration of religion, conscience, imperialist arrogance, and the many paths to redemption, barbara kingsolver has brought forth her most ambitious work ever. Barbara kingsolver is the bestselling author of the novels, the bean trees and pigs in heaven, as well as collected essays, high tide in tucson. Download the poisonwood bible pdf ebook free your pdfs. The poisonwood bible oprah s book club by barbara kingsolver as america traipsed giddily down the aisle toward camelot on the coattails of postworld war ii smugness, the rest of the world turned on an axis called the congo. I returned continually to that account for the big picture.
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