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Re: the poisonwood bible/africa/ (and oops a lil bit of christianity:-)
really?
i thought and those i know here thought poisonwood was kinda...blah.
jay
----- Original Message -----
From: "katherine willis" <willie_612 at yahoo_com>
To: <Over-the-Rhine at actwin_com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 5:08 PM
Subject: the poisonwood bible/africa/ (and oops a lil bit of christianity:-)
> the poisonwood bible is breathtaking. barbara kingsolver
> is consistently one of the best writers alive. her book of
> essays... i think its called "high tides in tuscon" is
> fantastic, and then she's got a great book of poetry as
> well, "other america/otra america" (the whole manuscript is
> translated into spanish). i admire writers who aren't
> afraid to research. i have not been to africa, but her
> portrayal of the congo is so much more lush and
> believable-- and most importantly, less racist-- than
> conrad's "heart of darkness", the only other book i've read
> about that area. her portrayal of christianity is
> downright frightening... the whole presense of christian
> evangelists in countries like africa alarms me a bit, even
> as a christian, b/c of the shitty way they treated the
> indigenous people. however, i have a friend who just got
> back from tanzania, and she said the people there are so
> dedicated to the christian faith... so even if it wasn't
> brought to them in positive ways, they've made it their own
> and you just couldn't take it away from them now. although
> one church my friend visited had oddly illuminated,
> lily-white icons of jesus and mary, and the walls were
> painted the same color. she felt as if, in an indirect
> way, they were worshipping whiteness, albeit
> subconsciously.
> at any rate, the poisonwood bible is a helluva lot better
> than its oprah's book club classification would lead one to
> believe.
> -=katherine=-
>
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