The poisonwood Bible

Description

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.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

First Sentence

IMAGINE A RUIN so strange it must never have happened.

Description

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.

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Other Editions

• The poisonwood Bible: a novelHardcoverHarperFlamingo1998-01-01
• The poisonwood BibleHarperFlamingo1998-01-01
• Poisonwood Bible, TheAudio CassetteBrilliance Audio Unabridged1998-11-01
• Poisonwood Bible, TheAudio cassetteUnabridged Library Edition1998-11-01
• The poisonwood BibleG.K. Hall1999-01-01
• The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club)Harper Perennial1999-10-01