The poisonwood Bible
Kingsolver, Barbara2000
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A fierce evangelical Baptist takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them all 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.
Main title:
The poisonwood Bible / Barbara Kingsolver.
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Imprint:
London : Faber and Faber, 2000,cc1998.
Collation:
x,616p ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York : HarperCollins, 1998.Originally published: New York: HarperCollins, 1998; London: Faber, 1999.BCT - Book Club title, multiple copies available. StKrOLAIncludes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
057120175X9780571201754
Language:
English
Subject:
Missionaries -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- FictionAmericans -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- FictionFamily -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- FictionReligious fundamentalism -- FictionEvangelists -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- FictionCongo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1960-1997 -- Fiction
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