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In 1959, a missionary named Nathan Price transports his wife and four daughters to a remote village in the Belgian Congo to convert the natives. The family is met with hostility from the locals, particularly a vengeful witch doctor. They also face bands of desperate rebels, dangerous wildlife, and the inevitable petty inconveniences a hyper-conventional Midwestern family might expect to face in an alien land. After tragedy strikes, the family leaves the Congo and Kingsolver details the subsequent fates of each of the female members, each narrating in her own distinctive voice. Besides being a vivid novel about family and a tour de force of characterization, THE POISONWOOD BIBLE is also a vehicle for Kingsolver's ideas about the Congo's disastrous history and America's role in it.Audio CD
Publisher: Brilliance Audio; Unabridged edition (August 1, 2004)
ISBN: 159355950X
Customer Reviews
MY REVIEW -I read this book - in hard cover. It's an excellent book. It's thought provoking, funny, sad, and interesting.... you even learn a few things that you probably didnt know. A little culture, a little history, a lot of character... just a great book!This audiobook makes a great book even better! The narrator does an awesome job. She brings the characters to life! I have listened to this book 4 or 5 times now... and will listen again. It's just a great story.. brought to life with a great narrator! You will enjoy it!MY HUSBANDS REVIEWIf you havent read the book first, you may need to listen to it twice.. At first - you would kinda get confused, because it's written from the points of view of 4 people, so my husband - never reading the book first - got confused with who was who in the beginning, but it gets easier quickly. Then - when you listen the 2nd time and you have the characters "down"... it's much easier to follow and you pick up more things. (this is my husband's advice/review... ) and he also wants me to add that Racheal is HALARIOUS because she's the one who always mixes up words and phrases. At first he thought that the narrator and/or author messed it up - but it's the character Racheal, who's just always messing things up. .. and it's quite funny - once you understand that. We both laughed out loud several times at Racheal... and use her funny phrases often to make each other laugh.Bottom line? This one is worth the money - because you'll want to listen to it over and over.
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