Библия ядоносного дерева

THE NEW NOVEL FROM ORANGE PRIZE WINNER AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER BARBARA KINGSOLVER.2016 Vineland.Meet Willa Knox, a woman who stands braced against an upended world that seems to hold no mercy for her shattered life and family - or the crumbling house that contains her.1871 Vineland.Thatcher Greenwood, the new science teacher, is a fervent advocate of the work of Charles Darwin, and he is keen to communicate his ideas to his students. But those in power in Thatcher's small town have no...

Барбара Кингсолвер (р. 1955 г.) – выдающийся американский прозаик, поэт и эссеист, лауреат множества международных и национальных премий. Практически все ее книги мгновенно попадают в списки бестселлеров, а главное ее произведение – великий роман "Библия ядоносного дерева" – входит в топ-100 сайта Goodreads и изучается в колледжах и университетах.Фанатичный миссионер Натан Прайс вместе с женой и дочерьми покидает благополучную цивилизованную Америку и отправляется на черный континент, в джунгли...

Фанатичный миссионер Натан Прайс вместе с женой и дочерьми покидает благополучную цивилизованную Америку и отправляется на Черный континент, в джунгли Бельгийского Конго, с твердой верой в Бога и с надеждой на то, что Господь поможет ему обратить местных жителей в христианство. Он проповедует яростно и страстно, но местные жители вовсе не жаждут принять благодатные дары. Они трепетно берегут свои святыни, чтут традиции предков и продолжают совершать свои дикие, порой бесчеловечные, обряды. Но...

As far back as she can remember, Codi Noline had felt an outsider in her hometown of Grace, Arizona. Her dispassionate father - 'an obelisk of disapproval' - had always kept Codi and her sister Hallie apart from most of the townspeople. But now Hallie is abroad and Codi, troubled and lost, is returning after a fifteen-year absence to confront her past and face her ailing father. What Codi finds is a town threatened by a silent catastrophe, some startling clues to her own identity, and...

Flight Behaviour is a captivating, topical and deeply human story touching on class, poverty and climate change by global bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver, winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2010. “The flames now appeared to lift from individual treetops in showers of orange sparks, exploding the way a pine log does in a campfire when it is poked. The sparks spiralled upward in swirls like funnel clouds. Twisters of brightness against grey sky.” On the Appalachian Mountains above her...

Meet Willa Knox, a woman who stands braced against a world which seems to hold little mercy for her and her family – or their old, crumbling house, falling down around them. Willa’s two grown-up children, a new-born grandchild, and her ailing father-in-law have all moved in at a time when life seems at its most precarious. But when Willa discovers that a pioneering female scientist lived on the same street in the 1800s, could this historical connection be enough to save their home from ruin? And...