- Literary Anthologies, Nonfiction, American Authors, American essays, 20th century
"There is no one quite like Barbara Kingsolver in contemporary literature," raves the Washington Post Book World, and it is right. She has been nominated three times for the ABBY award, and her critically acclaimed writings consistently enjoy spectacular commercial success as they entertain and touch her legions of loyal fans.
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Contemporary, character-led, warm and contemplative.
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Barbara Kingsolver
- First published
- 1995
- Pages
- 273
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber, HarperPerennial, Faber & Faber, Limited
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780786206308
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Barbara Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist and poet.
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