Product Description
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.
Customer Reviews
A Fantastic Book By rc (Portland, OR)
I read the Poisonwood Bible when it first came out. I never really loved Barbara Kingsolver's earlier books, but both Poisonwood Bible and Prodigal Summer are amazing. I can't believe that Poisonwood Bible only got 4 stars on Amazon--it really makes me question the whole review system when I see other books get higher marks. Anyway, the writing, concept, characters, setting, etc are all incredibly vivid and compelling and readable. I envy the person who is getting to read it for the first time.
I loved it By Lee
I read this book a few years ago, just read it again, and liked it just as much. I liked the way the story was told from the perspective of the different characters. It was entertaining and thought provoking at the same time.
All time classic By luanne lundberg
Barbara Kingsolver is one of my favorite authors, but this one is my favorites! This is one of my top five life time favorite novels!!
One of the best books I've ever read By Douglas P. Arey (Greenfield, MA)
This book opened my eyes to so many things: the horrible crimes committed by the CIA and the Christian missionaries in the Congo, the ignorance we all have about our own relative wealth, and the amazing talent Barbara Klingsolver has for telling a story (in multiple voices and from multiple perspectives!).
Amazing Book By Noelle Clark Sinex
I read this book while visiting Africa for a couple of months several years ago. It is a great story, and the truth of the politics continue to ring true today. The descriptions of the landscape mirrored what I saw outside out window in rural Kenya.
Amazing Book! By araina126
This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. This was required of a literature class I'm taking and it's incredible. I love how the author uses crazy southern slang in the novel, as the characters are from Georgia. Being from the South, I appreciated the dialect. This book is an easy read and I highly recommend it.
great, educational and entertaining read By D. Lang (Seattle, WA USA)
Kingsolver wrote a master piece! She brought alive in a very real way the nature of life and the international political intrigue of in the turbulent years of the Congolese independence, both from the perspective of a missionary family as well as locals. The story features viewpoints of happenings thru the eyes of a mother and 4 daughters in a gripping fashion!
Awesome reading By Janice
This book rocks. I highly recommend it! I could smell the Congo, hear the locusts, feel the heat.....such a wonderful book.
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