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The poisonwood Bible : a novel / Barbara Kingsolver.
LIBRA Special PS3561.I496 P65 1999
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Van Pelt Library PS3561.I496 P65 1999 copy 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kingsolver, Barbara.
- Series:
- Oprah's book club
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Fiction.
- Missionaries.
- Americans--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Fiction.
- Americans.
- Families--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Fiction.
- Families.
- History.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo--History--1960-1997--Fiction.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Christian missionaries--Congo--Fiction.
- Americans--Africa--Fiction.
- Culture conflict--Congo--Fiction.
- Americans--Congo--Fiction.
- Baptists--Congo--Fiction.
- Colonialism--Congo--Fiction.
- Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Christian families--Congo--Fiction.
- Religious fanatics--Congo--Fiction.
- Emotionally abusive men--Congo--Fiction.
- Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--Fiction.
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--1960---Fiction.
- Local Subjects:
- Christian families--Congo--Fiction.
- Religious fanatics--Congo--Fiction.
- Emotionally abusive men--Congo--Fiction.
- Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--Fiction.
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--1960---Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Domestic fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- x, 546 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- First HarperPerennial edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : HarperPerennial, 1999.
- Summary:
- The tale of one family's tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in post-colonial Africa. An evangelical minister discovers that everything--from garden seeds to Scripture--is transformed on African soil.
- Contents:
- bk. 1. Genesis
- bk. 2. The revelation
- bk. 3. The judges
- bk. 4. Bel and the serpent
- bk. 5. Exodus
- bk. 6. Song of the three children
- bk. 7. The eyes in the trees.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-546).
- ISBN:
- 0060930535
- 9780060930530
- 9780060786502
- 0060786507
- OCLC:
- 44652451
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