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The poisonwood Bible : a novel
- Title
- The poisonwood Bible : a novel / Barbara Kingsolver.
- Author
- Kingsolver, Barbara
- Publication
- New York : HarperFlamingo, ©1998.
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 00-5600 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- x, 546 pages; 25 cm.
- 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.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Domestic fiction.
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 545-546).
- Awards (note)
- Editors' Choice, New York Times Book Review.
- Contents
- Genesis -- The revelation -- The judges -- Bel and the serpent -- Exodus -- Song of the three children -- The eyes in the trees.
- Call Number
- JFE 00-5600
- ISBN
- 0060175400
- 9780060175405
- LCCN
- 98019901
- 9780060175405
- OCLC
- 38916924
- Author
- Kingsolver, Barbara, author.
- Title
- The poisonwood Bible : a novel / Barbara Kingsolver.
- Imprint
- New York : HarperFlamingo, ©1998.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 545-546).
- Awards
- Editors' Choice, New York Times Book Review.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9780060175405 52600
- Research Call Number
- JFE 00-5600