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Kingsolver, Barbara

The poisonwood Bible / Barbara Kingsolver - [London] : Faber and Faber, [2000] - x,616 p. ; 20cm

Fiction titles shelved alphabetically by author.

Includes bibliographical references.

A fiery evangelist takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959, carrying all they need from home, but find it is calamitously transformed on African soil. The tale recounts the family's tragic undoing and reconstruction.

ISBN: 9780571201754 9780571201754 £7.99

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Evangelists--Fiction--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Religious fundamentalism--Fiction
Family--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Fiction
Americans--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Fiction
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Fiction
Modern & contemporary fiction

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--1960-1997--Fiction

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
General.