Gilead: A Novel
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
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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Marilynne Robinson. (2005). Gilead: A Novel. Unabridged Macmillan Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Marilynne Robinson. 2005. Gilead: A Novel. Macmillan Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Marilynne Robinson, Gilead: A Novel. Macmillan Audio, 2005.
MLA Citation (style guide)Marilynne Robinson. Gilead: A Novel. Unabridged Macmillan Audio, 2005.
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