Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible
Series: Cliffs Notes; Cliffs Notes
Publisher: John Wiley &amp; Sons, Inc.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 53
ISBN-13: 9780470423400
Subjects: Kingsolver, Barbara. -- Poisonwood bible; Missionaries in literature; Kingsolver, Barbara. -- Poisonwood bible -- History and criticism; Congo (Democratic Republic) -- In literature; Kingsolver, Barbara. Poisonwood Bible
Description: The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. In CliffsNotes on Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible, you explore life in 20th-century Congo as you follow the ordeal of missionary Nathan Price and his family, who are woefully unprepared to deal with life in such a drastically different culture and climate. Nathan is inflexible in his approach to both the Congolese and his family, and his wife and daughters are overwhelmed by their changed circumstances. The story of this family's struggle aga.
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Table of contents: title: CliffsNotes℗ʾ On Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible; LIFE AND BACKGROUND OF THE AUTHOR; A BRIEF SYNOPSIS; LIST OF CHARACTERS; CHAPTER BY CHAPTER SUMMARIES AND COMMENTARIES; Book One: Genesis; Book Two: The Revelation; Book Three: The Judges; Book Four: Bel and the Serpent; Book Five: Exodus; Book Six: Song of the Three Children; Book Seven: The Eyes in theTrees; GLOSSARY