by Barbara Kingsolver · Rivages · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782743602291
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«L'arbre aux haricots» is the novel by Barbara Kingsolver, published in 1997 by Rivages in paperback (340 pages, in French).
Taylor Greer leaves her Kentucky town and heads west in her old Volkswagen. In Oklahoma she takes in an Indigenous girl she will call Turtle; together they reach Tucson (Arizona), where a community of women takes them in. The story explores chosen family, identity, and social justice, with humor and warmth.
First installment of the «Greer Family» series; the work was originally published as «The Bean Trees» (1988), translated from English (USA) by Martine Béquié.
Contemporary fiction for book clubs and readers interested in stories about women, community, and social justice.
Barbara Ellen Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo; and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. In 2023, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel Demon Copperhead. Her work often focuses on topics such as social justice, biodiversity, and the interaction between humans and their communities and environments.
