The Poisonwood Bible (Reader's Companion)
by SparkNotes Editors, Barbara Fisher (Author)
Barnes & Noble Reader's Companion
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Barbara Kingsolver's national bestseller The Poisonwood Bible paints an intimate portrait of a crisis-ridden family amid the larger backdrop of an African nation in chaos. Critics and readers alike have acclaimed the novel as the greatest achievement of one of America's foremost living authors. Examine how the tragedy of the Price family mirrors the political unrest in the Congo, how the novel views religion and marriage, and how Kingsolver reconciles the demands of art with her belief that show more writing should support a political cause. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- The Poisonwood Bible (Reader's Companion) (Reader's Companion)
- Original title
- A Reader's Companion to Barbara Kingsolver's "The Poisonwood Bible"
- Original publication date
- 2003
- First words
- Novels that illuminate the larger political world are rare in American fiction.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Though this latest effort was by no means panned, critics overwhelmingly agreed that "The Poisoned Bible" remains Kingsolver's finest achievement to date.
- Disambiguation notice
- This book is Barnes & Nobles's Readers Companion; it does not include the text of Barbara Kingsolver's book and should not be merged with that other work.
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