Review
Breathtaking. - Sunday Times
A book club classic . . . There is humour, history, love and loss. - The Times
A brilliantly realised epic of one family's journey to the heart of darkness. - Independent
An updated, dysfunctional version of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women . . . it pours forth ideas about good and evil, civilization and savagery, and the unlikely nature of redemption. - Sunday Times
Provocative and affecting . . . illustrates how profoundly both women and the world have changed. - Claire Messud
Soaringly panoramic... the jungle throbs with life and death - every aspect unnervingly convincing. - Julie Myerson
Funny, terrifying and heartbreaking. - Mail on Sunday
What triumphs is Kingsolver's gentle good humour, the ingenuity of the strong women characters and a universal human spirit . . . The Poisonwood Bible ranks with the most ambitious works of post-colonial literature and it should establish Kingsolver's reputation as one of America's most gifted novelists. -- Gavin Essler - Independent on Sunday
Book Description
An international bestseller and a modern classic, this suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and their remarkable reconstruction has been read, adored and shared by millions around the world. This new edition for 2017 features a cover design by award-winning fashion designer, Tina Lobondi.
About the Author
Barbara Kingsolver is the global prize-winning and bestselling author of novels including Unsheltered, Flight Behaviour, The Lacuna, The Poisonwood Bible and Demon Copperhead, as well as books of poetry, essays and creative non-fiction. Her work of narrative non-fiction is the influential bestseller Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. Kingsolver's work has been translated into more than thirty languages and has earned literary awards and a devoted readership at home and abroad. She has won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction and is the first author to win the Women's Prize twice. Barbara lives with her family on a farm in southern Appalachia.