num_pages: 546
description: Taking its place alongside the classic works of postcolonial literature, this ambitious novel established Barbara Kingsolver as one of the most thoughtful and daring of modern writers. The Poisonwood Bible is a story 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. What follows is a suspenseful epic of one family’s tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in postcolonial Africa.
language: English
title: The Poisonwood Bible
titlecomplete: The Poisonwood Bible
characters: Ruth May Price, Orleanna Price, Rachel Rebeccah Price, Dr Bud Wharton, Leah Price, Reverend & Mrs. Underdown, Nathan Price, Adah Price
genres: Religion, Historical, Historical Fiction, Africa, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 728094
places: Sanderling Island, Georgia, Bethlehem, Georgia, Kilanga, Leopoldville
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Shortlist, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Adult, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY)
category: Audio Fiction - Unabridged, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Exclusive Books Boeke Prize, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Puddly Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: HarperFlamingo