The Bean Trees
Barbara Kingsolver
Biography of Barbara Kingsolver
• Born in 1955 in Kentucky
• Earned degrees at DePauw University and
the University of Arizona
• Visited many places when she started
writing
• Spent two decades in Tucson, Arizona
• Has two daughters and lives with her
husband
Kingsolver wrote many
books, some of them
are:
-The Bean Trees (1988)
-Homeland (1989)
-Animal Dreams (1990)
-Another America (1992)
-Pigs in Heaven (1993)
-High Tide in Tucson (1995)
-The Poisonwood Bible
(1998)
-Small Wonder (2002)
-The Lacuna (2009).
The Guatemalan Civil War
(1966-1990)
Timeline
-1966: The war begins. The country was under
autocratic ruling. The long conflict was marked by
abductions, violence, and public dumping of
bodies.
-1970: Military gets more control over civilians.
-1981: Reports are released saying that there were
millions of missing people
-1994: Peace talks between the rebels and
government began. Agreements started to be
signed.
-1996: New president finalizes peace negotiations
in December. War stops.
•
Reason for the war: the dictatorship's
disrespect for the human and civil rights
of the majority of the population
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By the end of the war, 200,000 Mayan citizens were found
dead.