by Barbara Kingsolver · Harper Perennial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780060959036
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«Prodigal Summer» is the novel by Barbara Kingsolver, published by Harper Perennial in paperback (464 pages, in English).
Three stories of love and transformation intertwine in the mountains and farms of the southern Appalachians. During a humid summer, a biologist, a farmer, and older neighbors face decisions and conflicts, and find connections among themselves, with nature, and with the valley's wildlife, including a litter of coyotes.
The work is Barbara Kingsolver's fifth novel and was originally published in 2001; it falls within contemporary literary and rural fiction.
Suitable for readers aged 15 and up and for reading clubs that prefer literary fiction with nature and rural life.
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.
