Gilead

Name: Gilead
Author: Marilynne Robinson
ISBN: 9780312939380

by Marilynne Robinson

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Originally published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux

As the Reverend John Ames approaches the hour of his own death, he writes a letter to his son chronicling three previous generations of his family, a story that stretches back to the Civil War and reveals uncomfortable family secrets.

First published 2004308 pages

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2005)

813.54

Category: Literature
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 3
Editions known: 37

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 813.54
Library of Congress (LCC): PS3568.O3125 G47 2006PS8000PS3568.03125000PS3568.O3125 G55 2004

Subjects

AbolitionistsAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Children of clergyChristian fictionClergyClergy, fictionConflict of generationsDomestic fictionEpistolary fictionFather-son relationshipFathers and sonsFathers and sons, fiction

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ISBN 9780312939380English

DATE DUE

First published2004

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction2005

StatusREAD

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