Gilead [electronic resource] : A Novel
Robinson, Marilynne2005
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER -- OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK -- WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION -- NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER -- A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK -- MORE THAN 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD "Quietly powerful [and] moving." O, The Oprah Magazine (recommended reading) Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award, GILEAD is a hymn of praise and lamentation to the God-haunted existence that Reverend Ames loves passionately, and from which he will soon part. Nearly 25 years after Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three generations, from the Civil War to the 20th century: a story about fathers and sons and the spiritual battles that still rage at America's heart. In the words of Kirkus, it is a novel "as big as a nation, as quiet as thought, and moving as prayer. Matchless and towering." GILEAD tells the story of America and will break your heart.
Main title:
Gilead [electronic resource] : A Novel / Marilynne Robinson
Author:
Robinson, Marilynne, AuthorJerome, Tim, Narrator
Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Macmillan Audio, 2005
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
Series:
Gilead
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Marilynne Robinson is the recipient of a 2012 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama, for "her grace and intelligence in writing." She is the author of Gilead, winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award; Home, winner of the Orange Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; and Lila, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her first novel, Housekeeping, won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. Robinson's nonfiction books include The Givenness of Things, When I Was a Child I Read Books, Absence of Mind, The Death of Adam, and Mother Country. She lives in Iowa City, Iowa.
Awards:
Pulitzer Prize (Columbia University)National Book Critics Circle Award (The National Book Critics Circle)PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist (PEN/Faulkner Foundation)10 Best Books of 2004 (The New York Times)
ISBN:
9781593978365
Language:
English
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BRN:
2836276
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