Barbara Kingsolver

Ambientada en las montañas del sur de los Apalaches, Demon Copperhead es la historia de un muchacho nacido de una madre soltera adolescente en una caravana, sin más patrimonio que el buen aspecto y el pelo cobrizo de su difunto padre, un ingenio caustico y un feroz talento para la supervivencia. Relatado con su propia voz, Demon se enfrenta a los peligros modernos de los hogares de acogida, el trabajo infantil, las escuelas en ruinas, el exito deportivo, la adiccion, los amores desastrosos y las perdidas aplastantes. A traves de todo ello, se enfrenta a su propia invisibilidad en una cultura popular en la que incluso los superheroes han abandonado a los pueblos rurales en favor de las ciudades.Hace muchas generaciones, Charles Dickens escribio David Copperfield a partir de su experiencia como superviviente de la pobreza institucional y sus daños en los niños de su sociedad. Esos problemas aun no se han resuelto en la nuestra. Dickens no es un requisito indispensable para los lectores de esta novela, pero le sirvio de inspiracion. Al trasladar una novela epica victoriana al Sur de Estados Unidos contemporaneo, Barbara Kingsolver recurre a la ira y la compasion de Dickens y, sobre todo, a su fe en el poder transformador de una buena historia.

Ambientada en las montañas del sur de los Apalaches, Demon Copperhead es la historia de un muchacho nacido de una madre soltera adolescente en una caravana, sin más patrimonio que el buen aspecto y el pelo cobrizo de su difunto padre, un ingenio caustico y un feroz talento para la supervivencia. Relatado con su propia voz, Demon se enfrenta a los peligros modernos de los hogares de acogida, el trabajo infantil, las escuelas en ruinas, el exito deportivo, la adiccion, los amores desastrosos y las perdidas aplastantes. A traves de todo ello, se enfrenta a su propia invisibilidad en una cultura popular en la que incluso los superheroes han abandonado a los pueblos rurales en favor de las ciudades. Hace muchas generaciones, Charles Dickens escribio David Copperfield a partir de su experiencia como superviviente de la pobreza institucional y sus daños en los niños de su sociedad. Esos problemas aun no se han resuelto en la nuestra. Dickens no es un requisito indispensable para los lectores de esta novela, pero le sirvio de inspiracion. Al trasladar una novela epica victoriana al Sur de Estados Unidos contemporaneo, Barbara Kingsolver recurre a la ira y la compasion de Dickens y, sobre todo, a su fe en el poder transformador de una buena historia.

A masterpiece in storytelling from the global bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behaviour. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHOR BOOK AT BEDTIME ON BBC RADIO 4 AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK WITH OVER 22,000 5* REVIEWS 'Extraordinary.' OPRAH 'She means to save us by telling us stories. . . She comes closer than anyone else I know.' ANN PATCHETT 'Electrifying. . . Every sentence here sizzles.' Daily Mail 'It's EPIC. Righteously angry, DEEPLY moving and exquisitely written.' MARIAN KEYES 'A powerful tale.' Good Housekeeping 'A fantastic read.' EMILY MAITLIS 'A masterclass.' RICHARD POWERS ____________ Demon Copperhead is a once-in-a-generation novel that breaks and mends your heart in the way only the best fiction can. Demon's story begins with his traumatic birth to a single mother in a single-wide trailer, looking 'like a little blue prizefighter.' For the life ahead of him he would need all of that fighting spirit, along with buckets of charm, a quick wit, and some unexpected talents, legal and otherwise. In the southern Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, poverty isn't an idea, it's as natural as the grass grows. For a generation growing up in this world, at the heart of the modern opioid crisis, addiction isn't an abstraction, it's neighbours, parents, and friends. 'Family' could mean love, or reluctant foster care. For Demon, born on the wrong side of luck, the affection and safety he craves is as remote as the ocean he dreams of seeing one day. The wonder is in how far he's willing to travel to try and get there. Suffused with truth, anger and compassion, Demon Copperhead is an epic tale of love, loss and everything in between.

**DEMON COPPERHEAD - THE NEW BARBARA KINGSOLVER NOVEL - IS AVAILABLE NOW**THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHORWINNER OF THE WOMENS PRIZEMother and adopted daughter, Taylor and Turtle Greer, are back in this spellbinding sequel about family, heartbreak and love.Six-year-old Turtle Greer witnesses a freak accident at the Hoover Dam during a tour of the Grand Canyon with her guardian, Taylor. Her insistence on what she has seen, and her mothers belief in her, lead to a mans dramatic rescue. The mother and adopted daughter duo soon become nationwide heroes - even landing themselves a guest appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show. But Turtles moment of celebrity draws her into a conflict of historic proportions stemming right back to her Cherokee roots. The crisis quickly envelops not only Turtle and her guardian, but everyone else who touches their lives in a complex web connecting their future with their past.Embark on an unforgettable road trip from rural Kentucky and the urban Southwest to Heaven, Oklahoma, and the Cherokee Nation, testing the boundaries of family and the many separate truths about the ties that bind.

FROM THE WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONTWICE WINNER OF THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTIONTHE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHORFrom the international bestselling and prize-winning author of Demon Copperhead, The Lacuna and Poisonwood Bible, the short stories in this collection are spread over landscapes ranging from northern California and the urban Southwest to the hills of eastern Kentucky and the Caribbean island of St Lucia.In every setting the characters are bound by a strong sense of place and the ties of love and family history: a child accepts the impossible responsibility of remembering her Cherokee great-grandmothers dying culture; a quietly dissolving couple must fight ghosts of past expectations to reach one another; a tough Mexican American woman finds herself in jail because of her commitment to a family legacy of doing the right thing.Homeland and Other Stories follows in the tradition of some of the great short story writers of our time, including Alice Munro, Flannery OConnor and Annie Proulx. With disarming honesty - at times comic but often heartrending - Barbara Kingsolver emerges as a true master of the form.What readers are saying:***** Wonderful short stories, warm and engaging, I couldnt put it down!***** Thoroughly enjoyable. . .Barbara Kingsolver is one of the great storytellers of our time!***** Great stories at times heartbreaking but combined with humour.***** Phenomenal. Im adding this to my list of reasons to love Barbara Kingsolver.

**NOW INCLUDING THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DEMON COPPERHEAD**TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTIONFROM THE WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONTHE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHORWith the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet, Barbara Kingsolver explores her trademark themes of family, community and the natural world. Defiant, funny and courageously honest, High Tide in Tucson is an engaging and immensely readable collection from one of the most original voices in contemporary literature.Possessed of an extravagantly gifted narrative voice, Kingsolver blends a fierce and abiding moral vision with benevolent and concise humour. Her medicine is meant for the head, the heart, and the soul.New York Times

Barbara Kingsolver's acclaimed international bestseller tells the story of an American missionary family in the Congo during a poignant chapter in African history. It spins the tale of the fierce evangelical Baptist, Nathan Price, who takes his wife and four daughters on a missionary journey into the heart of darkness of the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them to Africa all they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it - from garden seeds to the King James Bible - is calamitously transformed on African soil. Told from the perspective of the five women, this is a compelling exploration of African history, religion, family, and the many paths to redemption. The Poisonwood Bible was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1999 and was chosen as the best reading group novel ever at the Penguin/Orange Awards. It continues to be read and adored by millions worldwide

Taylor, la joven protagonista, vive en el Kentucky rural, con un único objetivo: no quedarse embarazada. Un dia decide huir para encontrarse a si misma. Pero cuando llega a Arizona se encuentra con algo muy diferente: una niña de trece años abandonada, a la que decide llamar Turtle, y una sociedad donde la violencia es parte de la vida cotidiana.

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 home, a young mother discovers a beautiful and terrible marvel of nature: the monarch butterflies have not migrated south for the winter this year. Is this a miraculous message from God, or a spectacular sign of climate change. Entomology expert, Ovid Byron, certainly believes it is the latter. He ropes in Dellarobia to help him decode the mystery of the monarch butterflies.Flight Behaviour has featured on the NY Times bestseller list and is Barbara Kingsolver''s most accessible novel yet.

Este libro maravilloso nos propone un viaje hacia una nueva cultura de la alimentación más sana para las personas y más sabrosa en la mesa, una reivindicación sin dogmatismos de la comida natural, que resulta ser mejor para la economia, para el medio ambiente y para el alma. - La deliciosa aventura de una familia de urbanitas que se van a vivir a una granja en plena naturaleza. -Un libro divertido y muy util que es una maravillosa mezcla de memoria familiar y relato periodistico sobre la aventura de cultivar tu propia comida y las ventajas de comer alimentos naturales. -Barbara Kingsolver es una admirada novelista ya traducida con gran exito en España. -El libro incluye breves comentarios sobre temas ecologicos de su marido y recetas de su hija, que complementan y amenizan la narracion. -El tema de la comida natural y local esta cada vez mas presente en los medios de comunicacion. -Abundante informacion util y practica sobre la comida natural, por que es mas sana, sostenible y sabrosa.

"El poderoso libro de Barbara Kingsolver es realmente una novela decimonónica, una historia de redención y pecado." The New York Times Orleanna Price no es consciente de lo que les espera a ella y a sus cuatro hijas en la misión del Congo Belga a la que les arrastra su marido, un pastor baptista, en 1959. La joven Rachel, las gemelas adolescentes Leah y Adah, y la pequeña Ruth May describen y construyen su vida en África mientras se sobreponen a las sorpresas que les depara este continente y la obsesiva misión evangelizadora de su padre. A partir de las voces de cada una de las cinco mujeres de la familia, Kingsolver muestra la lucha de estas mujeres por sobrevivir a la dura vida que les ha impuesto el padre de la familia y por encontrar un camino que les conduzca a su propia salvación. Pero La Biblia envenenada también es un recorrido por la compleja historia de la independencia del Congo, y por la fascinación ante una cultura desconocida y una naturaleza desbordante.

**NOW INCLUDING THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DEMON COPPERHEAD**WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONTWICE WINNER OF THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTIONTHE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHORMagnificent.The Times,Books of the YearGripping.GraziaPeerless.Daily MailWise.Sunday TimesMeet 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. Willas 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 can Willa, despite the odds, keep her family together?

**DEMON COPPERHEAD - THE NEW BARBARA KINGSOLVER NOVEL - IS AVAILABLE NOW**THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHOR"We wanted to live in a place that could feed us: where rain falls, crops grow, and drinking water bubbles up right out of the ground."Barbara Kingsolver opens her home to us, as she and her family attempt a year of eating only local food, much of it from their own garden. Inspired by the flavours and culinary arts of a local food culture, they explore many a farmers market and diversified organic farms at home and across the country. With characteristic warmth, Kingsolver shows us how to put food back at the centre of the political and family agenda. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is part memoir, part journalistic investigation, and is full of original recipes that celebrate healthy eating, sustainability and the pleasures of good food.

"Libro de poeta en soledad, de andaluz jondo, perdido por muelles y avenidas de rascacielos." RAFAEL ALBERTI LA AURORA La aurora de Nueva York tiene cuatro columnas de cieno y un huracán de negras palomas que chapotean las aguas podridas. La aurora de Nueva York gime por las inmensas escaleras buscando entre las aristas nardos de angustia dibujada. La aurora llega y nadie la recibe en su boca porque alli no hay mañana ni esperanza posible: a veces las monedas en enjambres furiosos taladran y devoran abandonados niños. Los primeros que salen comprenden con sus huesos que no habra paraiso ni amores deshojados; saben que van al cieno de numeros y leyes, a los juegos sin arte, a sudores sin fruto. La luz es sepultada por cadenas y ruidos en impudico reto de ciencia sin raices. Por los barrios hay gentes que vacilan insomnes como recien salidas de un naufragio de sangre. Federico Garcia Lorca

The Lacuna is the store of a mans search for safety in the grinding jaws of two nations, at a moment when the entire world seemed bent on reinventing itself at any cost. This is a gripping story of identity, connection with our past, and the power of words to create or devastate. Like no other novel yet written, it illuminates an era when bold internationalism gave way to a post-war landscape of narrowly defined Americanism.

"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 home, a young mother discovers a beautiful and terrible marvel of nature: the monarch butterflies have not migrated south for the winter this year. Is this a miraculous message from God, or a spectacular sign of climate change. Entomology expert, Ovid Byron, certainly believes it is the latter. He ropes in Dellarobia to help him decode the mystery of the monarch butterflies. Flight Behaviour has featured on the NY Times bestseller list and is Barbara Kingsolvers most accessible novel yet

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