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[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]
Dip Into “Demon Copperhead,” by Barbara Kingsolver Oprah Daily. An iconic first line “First, I got myself born,” begins the tale of Damon Fields, aka Demon Copperhead, born in a trailer to ...
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.
The novel was named the recipient of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction alongside Barbara Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead; this was the first time two Fiction Prizes were awarded simultaneously in the award's history.
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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.
A copperhead will bite for two reasons: to kill and eat prey or to defend itself. Beane explained that when striking prey to kill it and eat it, a baby copperhead will inject as much venom as ...
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