The Poisonwood Bible
by Kingsolver, Barbara
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060175400
- ISBN 13
- 9780060175405
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Kingsolver, Barbara: The Poisonwood Bible VG/VG Used. HarperCollins 1998 Stated First Edition. Plot Summary: "In 1959 an overzealous Baptist minister named Nathan Price drags his wife and four daughters deep into the heart of the Congo on a mission to save the unenlightened souls of Africa. The five women narrate the novel. From the outset, the attitudes of the five women cover a wide spectrum." 6 1/2 X 9 5/8. 543 pages. Used. VG/VG. ISBN0060175400
Synopsis
The Poisonwood Bible (1998) by Barbara Kingsolver is a bestselling novel about a missionary family, the Prices, who in 1959 move from Georgia to the fictional village of Kilanga in the Belgian Congo. The Prices' story, which parallels their host country's tumultuous emergence into the post-colonial era, is narrated by the five women of the family: Orleanna, long-suffering wife of Baptist missionary Nathan Price, and their four daughters – Rachel, Leah, Adah, and Ruth May.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Mary Riversong Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 106Kingsolverpoison3
- Title
- The Poisonwood Bible
- Author
- Kingsolver, Barbara
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060175400
- ISBN 13
- 9780060175405
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 543
- Size
- 6 1/2 X 9 5/8
- Keywords
- Fundamentalist, Missionary, Congo, Africa, Memoirs, Barbara Kingsolver
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion; women's Studies; Historical Fiction; 20th Century Literature; Young Adult; Action & Adventure; Psychological Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Mary Riversong Books
About the Seller
Mary Riversong Books
About Mary Riversong Books
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...