The Poisonwood Bible: Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction - Softcover

Kingsolver, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571339794 ISBN 13: 9780571339792

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2017

Synopsis

**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.

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About this title

About the Author

Barbara Kingsolver is the global prize-winning and bestselling author of novels including Unsheltered, Flight Behaviour, The Lacuna, The Poisonwood Bible and Demon Copperhead, as well as books of poetry, essays and creative non-fiction. Her work of narrative non-fiction is the influential bestseller Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. Kingsolver's work has been translated into more than thirty languages and has earned literary awards and a devoted readership at home and abroad. She has won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction and is the first author to win the Women's Prize twice. Barbara lives with her family on a farm in southern Appalachia.

From the Back Cover

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 new edition for 2017 features a cover design by award-winning fashion designer, Tina Lobondi. 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 w

Edition details

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571339794
• ISBN 13: 9780571339792
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 640