Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION and THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
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 * Observer *
"Grace is not so poor a thing that it cannot present itself in any number of ways", Ames tells of his son; the same can be said of this book, one of the best American novels in recent memory, so replete with grace that almost anyone should find a balm in Gilead -- Sarah Churchill * Times Literary Supplement *
Writing of this quality, with an authority as unforced as the perfect pitch in music, is rare and carries with it a sense almost of danger -- Jane Shilling * Sunday Telegraph *
The slow pulse of Robinson's writing slows the reader's eye and mind, and creates in the reading process a literary version of the narrator's spiritual experience. Gilead reminds us that words have power to spare, to forgive, to do justice * Independent *
A novel as big as a nation, as quiet as thought, and moving as prayer. Matchless and towering * Kirkus Reviews *
Her poetic, almost biblical style of writing... flows like clear cold water and is full of quiet power while remaining oddly conversational... People say they love these books, and I can see why. Quite how they can do so without discerning within them a serious, deep, patient but modest defence of the Christian proposition, I do not know * Mail Online *
It is a book of such meditative calm, such spiritual intensity that it seems miraculous that her silence was only for 23 years; such measure of wisdom is the fruit of a lifetime. Robinson's prose, aligned with the sublime simplicity of the language of the bible, is nothing short of a benediction. You might not share its faith, but it is difficult not to be awed, moved and ultimately humbled by the spiritual effulgence that lights up the novel from within -- Neel Mukherjee * The Times *
Gilead is Marilynne Robinson's first novel since her highly acclaimed debut, Housekeeping, 24 years ago, and its measured prose manifests a spiritual power that well rewards the wait -- Michael Arditti * Daily Mail *
Rapturous... astonishing... Gilead is an inspired work from a writer whose sensibility seems steeped in holy fire * Elle *
So serenely beautiful and written in a prose so gravely measured and thoughtful, that one feels touched with grace just to read it * Washington Post *
Poignant, absorbing, lyrical... Robinson manages to convey the miracle of existence itself * Los Angeles Times *
Gilead is a refuge for readers longing for that increasingly rare work of fiction, one that explores big ideas while telling a good story * San Francisco Chronicle *
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 * Observer *
"Grace is not so poor a thing that it cannot present itself in any number of ways", Ames tells of his son; the same can be said of this book, one of the best American novels in recent memory, so replete with grace that almost anyone should find a balm in Gilead -- Sarah Churchill * Times Literary Supplement *
Writing of this quality, with an authority as unforced as the perfect pitch in music, is rare and carries with it a sense almost of danger -- Jane Shilling * Sunday Telegraph *
The slow pulse of Robinson's writing slows the reader's eye and mind, and creates in the reading process a literary version of the narrator's spiritual experience. Gilead reminds us that words have power to spare, to forgive, to do justice * Independent *
A novel as big as a nation, as quiet as thought, and moving as prayer. Matchless and towering * Kirkus Reviews *
Her poetic, almost biblical style of writing... flows like clear cold water and is full of quiet power while remaining oddly conversational... People say they love these books, and I can see why. Quite how they can do so without discerning within them a serious, deep, patient but modest defence of the Christian proposition, I do not know * Mail Online *
It is a book of such meditative calm, such spiritual intensity that it seems miraculous that her silence was only for 23 years; such measure of wisdom is the fruit of a lifetime. Robinson's prose, aligned with the sublime simplicity of the language of the bible, is nothing short of a benediction. You might not share its faith, but it is difficult not to be awed, moved and ultimately humbled by the spiritual effulgence that lights up the novel from within -- Neel Mukherjee * The Times *
Gilead is Marilynne Robinson's first novel since her highly acclaimed debut, Housekeeping, 24 years ago, and its measured prose manifests a spiritual power that well rewards the wait -- Michael Arditti * Daily Mail *
Rapturous... astonishing... Gilead is an inspired work from a writer whose sensibility seems steeped in holy fire * Elle *
So serenely beautiful and written in a prose so gravely measured and thoughtful, that one feels touched with grace just to read it * Washington Post *
Poignant, absorbing, lyrical... Robinson manages to convey the miracle of existence itself * Los Angeles Times *
Gilead is a refuge for readers longing for that increasingly rare work of fiction, one that explores big ideas while telling a good story * San Francisco Chronicle *
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 books include The Givenness of Things, When I Was a Child I Read Books, Absence of Mind, The Death of Adam, and Mother Country. She is the recipient of a 2012 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama, for 'her grace and intelligence in writing.' Robinson lives in Iowa City, Iowa.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844081486 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844081486 |
| Title | Gilead |
| Author | Marilynne Robinson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2006-02-02 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Prizes | Winner of Pulitzer Prize 2005 (UK), Long-listed for Orange Prize 2006 (UK) |
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