Gilead [electronic resource] : A Novel. Marilynne Robinson.
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.
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- ISBN: 9781593978365
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (7 audio files) : digital
- Edition: Unabridged.
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- Unabridged.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Narrator: Tim Jerome.
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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.
