The Poisonwood Bible
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The Poisonwood Bible is a critically acclaimed novel by Barbara Kingsolver that follows a missionary family’s fraught experiences in the Belgian Congo, exploring themes of colonialism, guilt, and cultural misunderstanding.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Poisonwood Bible canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Barbara Kingsolver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded |
National Book Critics Circle Award nomination
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Oprah's Book Club selection NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ political novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Anatole Ngemba
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Brother Fowles NERFINISHED ⓘ Eeben Axelroot NERFINISHED ⓘ Tata Ndu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780060175405 ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
biblical allusion
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multiple viewpoints ⓘ nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Adah Price
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Leah Price NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathan Price NERFINISHED ⓘ Orleanna Price NERFINISHED ⓘ Rachel Price NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth May Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple first-person narrators ⓘ |
| narrator |
Adah Price
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Leah Price NERFINISHED ⓘ Orleanna Price NERFINISHED ⓘ Rachel Price NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth May Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1998 ⓘ |
| publisher |
HarperCollins
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HarperFlamingo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Belgian Congo
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Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
colonialism
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cultural misunderstanding ⓘ environmentalism ⓘ family dynamics ⓘ guilt ⓘ missionary work ⓘ political upheaval ⓘ postcolonialism ⓘ religious fanaticism ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo |
Bible
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poisonwood tree ⓘ |
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