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008 980401s1998 nyu j b 000 1 eng
010 _a 98019901
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020 _a9780060175405
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050 0 0 _aPS3561.I496
_bP65 1998
082 0 0 _a813/.54
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084 _a18.06
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100 1 _aKingsolver, Barbara.
_930898
245 1 4 _aThe poisonwood Bible :
_ba novel /
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bHarperFlamingo,
_cc1998.
300 _ax, 546 p. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 545-546).
505 0 _aGenesis -- The revelation -- The judges -- Bel and the serpent -- Exodus -- Song of the three children -- The eyes in the trees.
520 _aThe drama of a U.S. missionary family in Africa during a war of decolonization. At its center is Nathan Price, a self-righteous Baptist minister who establishes a mission in a village in 1959 Belgian Congo. The resulting clash of cultures is seen through the eyes of his wife and his four daughters. By the author of Pigs in Heaven.
586 _aNHSL Nominee for the Dublin Award, 2000
650 0 _aAmericans
_zCongo (Democratic Republic)
_vFiction.
_930899
650 0 _aMissionaries
_vFiction.
_930900
650 0 _aDomestic fiction.
_94679
650 1 _aChristian missionaries
_zCongo
_vFiction.
_930901
650 1 _aCulture conflict
_zCongo
_vFiction.
_930902
650 1 _aChristian families
_zCongo
_vFiction.
_930903
650 1 _aAmericans
_zCongo
_vFiction.
_930904
650 1 _aBaptists
_zCongo
_vFiction.
_930905
650 1 _aColonialism
_zCongo
_vFiction.
_930906
650 0 _aDomestic fiction.
_2lcsh
_94679
651 0 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)
_vFiction.
_930907
655 0 _aDomestic fiction.
_94679
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/98019901-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc043/98019901.html
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