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2 set 2008 · It is a moving and healing book about families, family secrets, and the passing of the generations, about love and death and faith. Hundreds of thousands were enthralled by the luminous voice of John Ames in Gilead, Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel.
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- 2008
- Marilynne Robinson
- Hardcover
Home is a novel written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Marilynne Robinson. Published in 2008, it is Robinson's third novel, preceded by Housekeeping in 1980 and Gilead in 2004.
- Marilynne Robinson
- 2008
Glory Boughton, aged thirty-eight, has returned to Gilead to care for her dying father. Soon her brother, Jack - the prodigal son of the family, gone for twenty years - comes home too, looking for refuge and trying to make peace with a past littered with tormenting trouble and pain.
- Marilynne Robinson
Description. Hailed as "incandescent," "magnificent," and "a literary miracle" (Entertainment Weekly), hundreds of thousands of readers were enthralled by Marilynne Robinson's Gilead. Now Robinson returns with a brilliantly imagined retelling of the prodigal s... Read more. Community Reviews Summary of 1,874 reviews. Moods. reflective 90%
1 giorno fa · Solo dopo diversi incontri e una confessione da parte del giovane Boughton, Ames capirà che anche Jack è un'anima tormentata alla ricerca di un'oasi di salvezza, un figliol prodigo caduto in disgrazia a causa delle sue debolezze, ma anche una vittima di assurdi pregiudizi religiosi e razziali.
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Readers’ questions about Home (Gilead, #2). 9 questions answered.
La Repubblica di Gilead (o Repubblica di Galaad, a volte più semplicemente Galaad o Gilead) è uno stato immaginario, ambientazione de Il racconto dell'Ancella, il famoso romanzo di Margaret Atwood, della serie tv The Handmaid's Tale e delle varie altre opere ispirate allo scritto.
