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Gilead: An Oprah´s Book Club Pick
Marilynne Robinson
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Description for Gilead: An Oprah´s Book Club Pick
Paperback. From the author of Housekeeping, Gilead is the long-hoped-for second novel by one of America's finest writers. Chosen by the New York Times Book Review as one of the top 6 novels of 2004. 'A beautiful novel: wise, tender and perfectly measured' Sarah Waters Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK
In 1956, towards the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son: 'I told you last night that I might be gone sometime... You reached up and put your fingers on my lips and gave me that look I never in my life saw on any other face besides your mother's. It's a kind of furious pride, very passionate and stern. I'm always a little surprised to find my eyebrows unsinged after I've ... Read more Show Less
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION and THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK
In 1956, towards the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son: 'I told you last night that I might be gone sometime... You reached up and put your fingers on my lips and gave me that look I never in my life saw on any other face besides your mother's. It's a kind of furious pride, very passionate and stern. I'm always a little surprised to find my eyebrows unsinged after I've ... Read more Show Less
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844081486
SKU
V9781844081486
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-96
About Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Robinson is the author of Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award; Home, winner of the Orange Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Lila, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award; and Jack, a New York Times bestseller. Her first novel, Housekeeping, won the PEN/Hemingway Award. Robinson's non-fiction ... Read more
Reviews for Gilead: An Oprah´s Book Club Pick
Gilead is no less a masterpiece than Housekeeping
Sunday Times
A beautiful novel: wise, tender and perfectly measured
Sarah Waters
Stunning... there are gems on every page of Gilead, but it is the whole construction that marks it as a great work
Daily Telegraph
A visionary work of dazzling originality
Robert McCrum
... Read more
Sunday Times
A beautiful novel: wise, tender and perfectly measured
Sarah Waters
Stunning... there are gems on every page of Gilead, but it is the whole construction that marks it as a great work
Daily Telegraph
A visionary work of dazzling originality
Robert McCrum
... Read more