Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
[1] [2] While Kingsolver's novel is similarly about a boy who experiences poverty, Demon Copperhead is set in Appalachia and explores contemporary issues. [3] [4] [5] The book touches on themes of the social and economic stratification in Appalachia, child poverty in rural America, and drug addiction with a focus on the opioid crisis. [6]
This quote appears at the beginning of Demon Copperhead for a reason. In reimagining this classic tale, Kingsolver brings the present into stark relief, demonstrating that societies, whether in ...
The Poisonwood Bible (1998), by Barbara Kingsolver, is a best-selling novel about a missionary family, the Prices, who in 1959 move from the U.S. state of Georgia to the village of Kilanga in the Belgian Congo, close to the Kwilu River.
Barbara Ellen Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally.
Oprah sat down for a conversation with Barbara Kingsolver, whose epic novel Demon Copperhead is the latest OBC selection—the 98th in the 26-year history of Oprah’s Book Club. The video will be ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Prodigal Summer tells the story of a small town in Appalachia during a single, humid summer, when three interweaving stories of love, loss and family unfold against the backdrop of the lush wildness of Virginia mountains.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us