Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Fisher

Barbara Kingsolver's national bestseller The Poisonwood Bible paints an intimate portrait of a crisis-ridden family amid the larger backdrop of an African nation in chaos. Critics and readers alike have acclaimed the novel as the greatest achievement of one of America's foremost living authors. Examine how the tragedy of the Price family mirrors the political unrest in the Congo, how the novel views religion and marriage, and how Kingsolver reconciles the demands of art with her belief that writing should support a political cause.

Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible

Joyce Cary, the Writer and His Theme

Joyce Cary was a well-known British novelist born in Ireland.

Barbara Fisher

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