The Poisonwood Bible (Unabridged)
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4.1 • 9 Ratings
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Publisher Description
“A powerful new epic... [Kingsolver] has with infinitely steady hands worked the prickly threads of religion, politics, race, sin and redemption into a thing of terrible beauty.” - Los Angeles Times Book Review
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.
The novel is set against one of the most dramatic political chronicles of the twentieth century: the Congo's fight for independence from Belgium, the murder of its first elected prime minister, the CIA coup to install his replacement, and the insidious progress of a world economic order that robs the fledgling African nation of its autonomy. Taking its place alongside the classic works of postcolonial literature, this ambitious novel establishes Kingsolver as one of the most thoughtful and daring of modern writers.
Customer Reviews
Insatiable.
Provocative. Stunning, witty, charming and most importantly of all, terrifying.
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I have read this book and in fact it is one of my Top 5 books. So I was looking forward to listening to the audiobook version having listened to many great audiobooks over the past 12 months. This is the only one where the narrator spoils the book. She reads way too fast and lacks the ability to 'act' the different characters to allow the listener to distinguish one character from another. It is one voice for all characters and it's delivered in a way that lacks the critical component of 'telling the story'. I felt like I was listening to someone reading a book in the local library. On the upside it makes me appreciate the talent that is required to narrate a book. I will just pay attention to narrators of any audiobooks I plan to purchase in the future.