Book Description

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction

Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize

Twenty-four years after the publication of her first novel, Housekeeping , Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three generations, from the Civil War to the twentieth century: a story about fathers and sons and the spiritual battles that still rage at America's heart. Written in the tradition of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, Robinson's beautiful, spare, and spiritual prose allows "even the faithless readers to feel the possibility of transcendent order"( Slate ). Gilead, told in the luminous and unforgettable voice of Congregationalist minister John Ames, reveals the human condition and "manages to convey the miracle of existence itself."

Book Dimension

length: (cm)17.2 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)10.6