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The poisonwood Bible : a novel /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : HarperFlamingo, c1998.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 546 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0060175400
  • 9780060175405
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.54 21
LOC classification:
  • PS3561.I496 P65 1998
Other classification:
  • 18.06
Online resources:
Contents:
Genesis -- The revelation -- The judges -- Bel and the serpent -- Exodus -- Song of the three children -- The eyes in the trees.
Awards:
  • NHSL Nominee for the Dublin Award, 2000
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
F F Chamberlin Free Public Library Fiction F KIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) PS3561.I496 P65 1998 1 Available 34517000170731

Includes bibliographical references (p. 545-546).

Genesis -- The revelation -- The judges -- Bel and the serpent -- Exodus -- Song of the three children -- The eyes in the trees.

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.

NHSL Nominee for the Dublin Award, 2000

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