#demoncopperhead — Public Fediverse posts

I finished reading Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver the other day. It's an utterly brilliant retelling and resetting of Dickens’s David Copperfield, this time set in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia at the turn of the 21st century. Just as Dickens did with the 'dark satanic mills' of Victorian England, Kingsolver manages to give all the characters a real life while skewering the evils of American capitalism, especially the mining and pharmaceutical companies, and how they have destroyed the lives of so many. They stripped the land and people's livelihoods, and then foisted OxyContin on them, wrecking their lives and their communities. It's the type of novel that stays with you for a long time afterwards. Highly recommended.

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https://www.allenandunwin.co.nz/browse/book/Barbara-Kingsolver-Demon-Copperhead-9780571376476

Barbara Kingsolver Announces New Novel "Partita" Following "Demon Copperhead" Success

Barbara Kingsolver, author of 'Demon Copperhead,' will release a new novel 'Partita' on Feb 14, 2025, exploring classical music.

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https://newsletter.tf/barbara-kingsolver-announces-new-novel-partita-after-demon-copperhead-success/

Barbara Kingsolver's new novel 'Partita' is coming out on February 14, 2025. This is her first book since the award-winning 'Demon Copperhead'.

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https://newsletter.tf/barbara-kingsolver-announces-new-novel-partita-after-demon-copperhead-success/

So, I just finished reading DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver. It was utterly unputdownable, I got mad at my family for speaking to me while I was reading it, and when I read the final sentence and closed the book all I could say was "DAMN."

Highly recommend, y'all. HIGHEST OF HIGHLY.

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#Appalachia
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The references to metal and "bear the marks of what has gone before" made me think of kintsugi where the gold repairs still show on the pottery as imperfections. The breakage and repair is part of its history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi

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When Mr. Golly told Demon about his people back home and said it sounded like he was saying "Dolly," but Demon was a child so he couldn't understand how that could be real, I knew then (and Demon realizes later in the book) that Mr Golly was talking about "Dalits." When Demon compared it to his own no-touch life, it made me think about the book Caste that we read in the other book club.

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I have been thinking about this novel a lot, but I feel a little tired and unfocused today so I don't know where to start. 😂

I thought this article was interesting.

"...I talked to Kingsolver about how J.D. Vance portrays Appalachia, about leaving home and coming back, and about the forgotten history of Appalachian progressivism..."

https://slate.com/culture/2022/10/barbara-kingsolver-interview-demon-copperhead-appalachia-identity-politics.html

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I liked her style and pacing. I appreciated the humor throughout since much of the subject matter and circumstances the characters were in was pretty sad. I liked him being the narrator, walking us through his story, even trying to figure out for himself where things went right and wrong.

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1. Yes, I would recommend this book. I even made a Facebook post recommending it to family and friends today. I also shared some articles related to the book and some history of the region, particularly focusing on Kingsolver's depiction of Appalachia (who actually grew up there and lives there now) vs the view from someone who didn't actually live there (e.g. JD Vance).

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At the store and came across a pretty discounted hardcover copy of "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver. It is worth purchasing a physical copy? I usually try to stick to library books and purchase books I really like, but the library wait list is long and the price is tempting.

About to travel and was looking for something good to read.

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TIL about the book #DemonCopperhead

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I've got my book group #reading #DemonCopperhead by #BarbaraKingsolver and I'm sensing a bit of pearl clutching. Well #Dickens dealt with tough social issues, so updating #DavidCopperfield to recent USA was never going to be cosy. It is brilliant though.

I read this #book only because @waningestrogen’s review on #Goodreads said “Read this book.” You should always do what #YoMama tells you, so I did.

I’m so glad I did. Demon is such a likeable character and, honestly, you should just read this book.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5753919895

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Great Googly Moogly! Out of the few thousand books that I have read in my life, #DemonCopperhead is in the top 10. #BarbaraKingsolver stuck the landing perfectly. The #Pulitzer folks got this one right.

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Barbara Kingsolver is going to make me read her entire body of work. #DemonCopperhead

I've just finished _Demon Copperhead_ by Barbara Kingsolver, and it was great. Hard work, and painful to read in parts, but a really good book.
Here is my review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a26035a8-0fc0-4fba-aec2-c65dd4cef575
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Very much an “I see what you did there, Barbara Kingsolver” moment at this point in “Demon Copperhead”.

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There’s a lot to unpack here.

“So she sat up the rest of the night making notes and downloaded David Copperfield to reread on the flight back. ‘It was a masterclass,’ she says. ‘Learning all the tricks that he used ...’

“She finally had her way into writing about the “lost boys” of Appalachia, where 40% of children are raised by someone else, either because their parents are dead, in prison or too incapacitated by addiction.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jun/16/barbara-kingsolver-rural-people-are-so-angry-they-want-to-blow-up-the-system

Tonight’s win is just one more reason to dive into the intricate world of Barbara Kingsolver. Let’s go! It’ll be fun. #DemonCopperhead #BarbaraKingsolver #WomensPrize #bookstodon

Best Start the Week episode ever, this morning?
@bbcradio4 #DemonCopperhead #BarbaraKingsolver #MichaelRosen #NatalieHaynes https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mc1k

My next book. It’s already pissed me off and made me laugh. #Audiobook #DemonCopperhead
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60194162

i finished #DemonCopperhead by #BarbaraKingsolver yesterday and wow. what a book. glad she got the #pulitzer
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@bookstodon Does anyone else read aloud with their partner? My husband and I just started #DemonCopperhead by #BarbaraKingsolver who’s originally from rural Kentucky. I’ve been fortunate enough to live all over the world but I went to much of primary school in Louisville…and OMG does my accent come back when I read this book aloud. My husband is looking at me like I’m a completely different person! 😂

Finished reading Barbara Kingsolver’s #DemonCopperhead this afternoon. Powerful stuff and I loved it. Tempted to read David Copperfield now to compare and contrast, as I haven’t read any #Dickens since school. Great Expectations was one of the set texts for O level English Lit back in my day and I surprised my teenage self by becoming gripped by it #bookstodon

Started reading the novel "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver. I've read a couple of chapters and I'm loving the character's voice.

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A few people said the main character here was not developed in an interesting way, or that there were too many pages or people in the novel, and those people and I will never like the same books. This is a fricking masterpiece. It broke my heart and I never wanted it to end #StoryGraph #DemonCopperhead https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7c4b981e-8742-49ab-bdd9-835f294d9e33

@LookNoFurther Read Barbara Kinsolver’s book #demoncopperhead for her description of foster children forced to harvest tobacco. Excruciating exhausting work which she describes vividly, in great detail, and it made me sick to read. Horrifying to think of children doing that kind of work.

#booksofmastidon I am reading #DemonCopperhead written by Barbara Kingslover. It is so depressing that I don’t think I’ll finish it. So depressing. Anyone else read it?

I’m reading DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver. It’s a tough go subject wise. A few times I’ve wanted to quit, it’s so depressing. The poverty, the violence done to the spirit. Then I came to this sentence “Certain pitiful souls around here see whiteness as their last asset that hasn’t been totaled or repossessed….Age-old story, who gets to look down on who for what reason.” Wave of profound sadness. #demoncopperhead. #barbarakingsolver #racism

my last winter break novel was DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver. incredible novel.

i am in total awe of how she captured the narrator's voice. what a read. #demoncopperhead #barbarakingsolver

“If you’re surprised a mom would discuss boyfriend hotness with a kid still learning not to pick his nose, you’ve not seen the far end of lonely. Mom would light me a cigarette, and we’d have our chats, menthols of course, this being in her mind the child-friendly option.”

— Barbara Kingsolver, #DemonCopperhead

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I enjoyed that one a lot because it took place near where my mom was raised and I visited some of the places in the book in 2019. However, Kingsolver's most recent book, #DemonCopperhead was a much stronger story.
#AmReading #ChildrenOfEarthAndSky by #GuyGavrielKay
I have 3 of his fat books, and this is #2 for this week of reading. I could stand fewer characters/storylines but I think I'm following, so far.
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Picking one is impossible :).

The favourites from my reading year 2022 (only a few were actually published in 2022, I suppose that doesn't matter).

#DemonCopperhead by #BarbaraKingsolver
#TheLastChairlift by #JohnIrving
#TheArbornaut by #MegLowman
#TwoYearsEightMonthsAndTwentyEightNights by #SalmanRushdie
#TheDogStars by #PeterHeller
#Clade by #JamesBradley
#NooitMeerSlapen by #WillemFrederikHermans
#OurMissingHearts by #CelesteNg

Do you ever read a book and go "NOOOO" when a character makes a heartbreakingly terrible decision that you wish they wouldn't? This has happened exactly twice in my 30+ years of voracious reading. Once with Vanity Fair (DOBBIN DON'T MARRY AMELIA YOU'RE TOO GOOD FOR HER!) and again last night with #BarbaraKingsolver's #DemonCopperhead (no spoiler, but NOOOOO DEMON DON'T!)

I never read David Copperfield in school, but dang this book, this is good.

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#NYT is one of the new outlets that I pay a nominal fee for. Sometimes, a person just wants to read more than a headline!
Great list. Currently loving #DemonCopperhead and devoured #TheBooksOfJacob when I was on holidays.
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🧑‍🦰 I've wanted to delve back into a Dickens for a while
🧑‍🦰 Barbara Kingsolver's "The Poisonwood Bible" is always one of my Top 3 novels.
🧑‍🦰 "#DemonCopperhead" is the sublime best of both worlds.
🧑‍🦰 Ms. K is going to cannibalize herself on my list, if she ain't careful
🧑‍🦰 I'm only 1/3 done, but wow!
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I haven't enjoyed reading a novel so much in I don't know when.

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