The Poisonwood Bible
Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction
Seiten
2017
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Main - Re-issue
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-33979-2 (ISBN)
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-33979-2 (ISBN)
A story that is 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.
**NOW INCLUDING THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DEMON COPPERHEAD**
TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
FOUR MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
WITH OVER 7,000 5* REVIEWS
'A masterpiece.' MARIAN KEYES
'Breathtaking.' SUNDAY TIMES
'Beautiful.' INDEPENDENT
An international bestseller and a modern classic, this suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and their remarkable reconstruction has been read, adored and shared by millions around the world.
This story is 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.
Readers loved The Poisonwood Bible:
'This remains one of the most fascinating books I have ever read.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I felt every emotion under the sky with this book.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Riveting.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This novel left a lasting - YEARS LASTING - impression.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This is one of those books that stands the test of time and is worth rereading.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**NOW INCLUDING THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DEMON COPPERHEAD**
TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
FOUR MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
WITH OVER 7,000 5* REVIEWS
'A masterpiece.' MARIAN KEYES
'Breathtaking.' SUNDAY TIMES
'Beautiful.' INDEPENDENT
An international bestseller and a modern classic, this suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and their remarkable reconstruction has been read, adored and shared by millions around the world.
This story is 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.
Readers loved The Poisonwood Bible:
'This remains one of the most fascinating books I have ever read.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I felt every emotion under the sky with this book.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Riveting.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This novel left a lasting - YEARS LASTING - impression.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This is one of those books that stands the test of time and is worth rereading.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Barbara Kingsolver is the global prize-winning and bestselling author of novels including Unsheltered, Flight Behaviour, The Lacuna and The Poisonwood Bible as well as books of poetry, essays and creative non-fiction. Kingsolver's work has been translated into more than thirty languages and has earned literary awards and a devoted readership at home and abroad. Demon Copperhead won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction and for the James Tait Black Prize, and won the Women's Prize, making Kingsolver the first author to win the Prize twice. Barbara lives with her family on a farm in southern Appalachia.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.07.2017 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 525 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| ISBN-10 | 0-571-33979-4 / 0571339794 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-571-33979-2 / 9780571339792 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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