The writing was exquisitely well balanced, the story was absorbing and the Congo was portrayed as though it were another character rather than merely a place. Consequently, it was with some trepidation that I approached The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, but I needn’t have worried. Most recently, I read Chinua Achebe’s much lauded postcolonial novel Things Fall Apartand didn’t really get on with the story, although I enjoyed the cultural element of the book. I don’t actively dislike Africa as a setting for literature, I just tend to gravitate more towards Victorian and neo-Victorian novels, historical medieval fiction and turn of the century British women’s writing which tend to be located in, well, England. Nor, for that matter, have I read many books set there other than those thrust upon me at university. I’ll be honest: I don’t know very much about Africa other than that it is quite hot. By oldenglishrose - Last updated: Friday, JanuSave & Share - 7 Comments
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