Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 20:09:03 -0700
Subject: Re: the (Belgian) Congo


Jon
I just fondled "The Poisonwood Bible" by the American author Barbara 
Kingsolver at my local bookstore today....it looks like something that 
might fit your bill...

The story set in the Congo in '59. An American Baptist missionary family 
disintegrating against the backdrop of the Congo struggle for independence 
from Belgian rule.
Kingsolver's writes both fiction and non-fiction...her historical research 
is said to be very good...and my son says "Pigs in Heaven" was a very good 
read....

Instead of buying the book, I opted for a day with my granddaughter...a 
whole 'nother postcolonial project...;-)))



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