Nathan Price, a Baptist minister, leaves civilized America, going on a missionary mission to the Belgian Congo, bringing with him his family, who carries with them everything they think they will need, but the African land surprises them, turning everything they brought into something worthless, and even their very existence will be full of challenges. Especially with the political events that are ravaging the country that is struggling to gain its independence, and the major powers are interfering in it, assassinating Patrice Lumumba, the country's first elected prime minister.
The novel is alternately narrated by the mother, who loses something irreplaceable there, and her four daughters, each of whom narrates what is happening in her own way, trying to find her own separate path to salvation.
“The Poison Tree Gospel” is an intense journey in the vibrant African land, and a deep exploration of the other, written with a smooth narrative in which Barbara Kingsolver worked to transform the thorny threads of religion, politics, and race into a piece of literature of breathtaking beauty.
This novel was nominated for several literary awards, was translated into more than thirty languages, and sold more than four million copies around the world.
ها قد انتهى الزمن الطويل، وحان الوقت المنتظر. البشر بين لهو ولعب، وفتن كقطع الليل المظلم. الأرض تزيَّنت وتهيَّأت، وصعدت الشياطين على كل المنابر. فلا تدري أين تضع روحك، وكيف تقبض على دينك. ضباب الحق غطَّى سواد الباطل، وعين قلبك وحدها التي ترى. ثم حان وقت خروجنا.. وتهيَّأ البشر للفتنة الأخيرة؛ فتنة النهاية.
Existential thought in Ali Abu Al-Rish’s novels:
What is noticeable about these scientific and written productions is that they differ in terms of depth, depth, methods, and formulations. Among those great pioneers, Professor Ali Abu Al-Rish stands out, who paved his way steadily, creatively, since the first novel by Professor Abu Al-Rish, which was “The Confession” in 1982, which won among the 100 best Arab novels and ranked 33rd among them at the time. We must take into account that this victory was the first novel his mind wrote, and the first novel his mind came up with, so it comes within the appropriate choice. This is strong and clear evidence of creativity from its beginnings. I believe that Professor Ali, in many of his writings and narrations, draws from the treasures of heritage, accompanies the events of history, looks at the past with a positive outlook, addresses the issues of the present, and looks to the future with his thoughts. That is why you find all these spaces in his publications, many of which revolve around deep philosophical thought that enriched and influenced his intellectual production. Among the aesthetics of the image according to my friend, Professor Ali, is its impression of the local character at times, while highlighting the features of Arabism, the effects of morals, and the manifestations of customs and traditions within the general framework of socialization. Drawing from the stock of heritage is in itself a kind of nostalgia, or what is known as nostalgia, for the past of grandparents and parents, but in its positive, creative, renewed form.
National : Poems about love for the homeland, which the poet of the homeland, Ali Al-Khawar, dedicates in his own words to the people of the United Arab Emirates. Words that carry within them feelings of love and belonging to this generous homeland, pure love in which nothing is mixed and built on loyalty and love between the homeland and its people.
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