10) Students read feminist literature such as The
Poisonwood Bible in Teresa's literature class, a text based on a strong woman's voice.
Three of Barbara Kingsolver's books made the list of several members--The Lacuna; Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (nonfiction); and The
Poisonwood Bible.
Favorite book: The
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
While African novelists apparently don't need to comment on life in Britain,a list of "Africa" novels mustinclude The
Poisonwood Bible and The No1 Ladies' Detective Agency .
I also read a popular, more modern title that a friend recommended, The
Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver.
In The
Poisonwood Bible and The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver, another admirable novelist, sends her cast overseas; but they are missionaries of American values, struggling to inculcate them in others (even when they know the consequences) or to be tested by the political environment on which they stumble.
My first encounter with her writing dates back about a dozen years when a book review led me to her novel, The
Poisonwood Bible.
The conclusion focuses on Kingsolver's The
Poisonwood Bible, and the book includes a thorough introduction as well as a bibliography and index.
GAYLE'S TOP 10 BOOKS * Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen * Katherine by Anya Seton * How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn * Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier * Hawaii by James Michener * Marnie by Winston Graham * The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough * The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher * A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini * The
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
February 8: The Afternoon Book Club discusses "The
Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
And six titles have been shortlisted:
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, KiteRunner by Khaled Hosseini, Rough Music by Patrick Gale and Vanity Fair by William Thackeray.
Then, a decade after Taylor Greer entered our literary consciousness, came The
Poisonwood Bible (1998).
