by Barbara Kingsolver · HarperCollins · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780060930530
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«The Poisonwood Bible» is the novel by Barbara Kingsolver, published by HarperCollins in paperback (543 pages, in English).
In 1959, Baptist missionary Nathan Price takes his wife and four daughters to the Belgian Congo. They soon discover that everything they bring, from seeds to the Bible, is transformed in that land. The novel, narrated by the five women, interweaves the family's disintegration with the Congo's independence and its aftermath over three decades.
This edition is part of the Oprah's Book Club selection. The work was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner, and won the Book Sense Book of the Year.
Intended for readers of historical fiction and literary fiction, with special appeal for book clubs.
Barbara Ellen Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo; and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. In 2023, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel Demon Copperhead. Her work often focuses on topics such as social justice, biodiversity, and the interaction between humans and their communities and environments.
