The poisonwood Bible : a novel / Barbara Kingsolver.
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- 0060175400
- 9780060175405
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Nash Library General Stacks | PS3561.I496P65 1998 | 1 | Available | 33710001040026 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 545-546).
The drama of a U.S. missionary family in Africa during a war of decolonization. At its center is Nathan Price, a self-righteous Baptist minister who establishes a mission in a village in 1959 Belgian Congo. The resulting clash of cultures is seen through the eyes of his wife and his four daughters. By the author of Pigs in Heaven.
Genesis -- The revelation -- The judges -- Bel and the serpent -- Exodus -- Song of the three children -- The eyes in the trees.