Buy this book on-line Barbara Kingsolver : The Poisonwood BibleHarperFlamingo, New York, 1998 ISBN 9780060175405
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AG4 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Barbara Kingsolver on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has quarter inch tear on the bottom right side of the back flap, some wrinkling, chipping, crease and peeling on the edges, corners and some sides, soiled patch on the bottom spine, half-inch scratch with wrinkling on the back upper right side, light tanning and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, wrnkling on the spine edges, some light smudge on the top page edges, light tanning and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.5", 546 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 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. Against this backdrop, Orleanna Price reconstructs the story of her evangelist husband's part in the Western assault on Africa, a tale indelibly darkened by her own losses and unanswerable questions about her own culpability. Also narrating the story, by turns, are her four daughters-the self-centered, teenaged Rachel; shrewd adolescent twins Leah and Adah; and Ruth May, a prescient five-year-old. These sharply observant girls, who arrive in the Congo with racial preconceptions forged in 1950s Georgia, will be marked in surprisingly different ways by their father's intractable mission, and by Africa itself. Ultimately each must strike her own separate path to salvation. Their passionately intertwined stories become a compelling exploration of moral risk and personal responsibility. Dancing between the dark comedy of human failings and the breathtaking possibilities of human hope, The Poisonwood Bible possesses all that has distinguished Barbara Kingsolver's previous work and extends this beloved writer's vision to an entirely new level. Taking its place alongside the classic works of postcolonial literature, this ambitious novel establishes Kingsolver as one of the most thoughtful and daring of modern writers.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Barbara Kingsolver : The Poisonwood Bible. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including incunabula, antiquarian books, libri rari, livres illustrées and out of print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |