Gilead
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Gilead
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- Label
- Gilead
- Statement of responsibility
- Marilynne Robinson
- Subject
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- Christian fiction
- trueEpistolary novels
- trueFaith (Christianity)
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFamily sagas
- trueFathers and sons
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueGentle reads
- Grandfathers -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueIowa
- trueKansas -- History -- Civil war, 1861-1865
- trueLetters
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMay-December romance
- trueMilitary chaplains
- truePacifists
- trueReminiscing in old age
- Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction
- trueSenior men
- trueSeptuagenarian men
- trueSlavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- trueUnited States -- History -- 19th century
- trueUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865
- true1950s -- 1950 -- 1959
- trueAbolitionists
- Children of clergy -- Fiction
- trueClergy
- Clergy -- Fiction
- Conflict of generations -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Epistolary fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 2006.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2004.
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 2004.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2004
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2005.
- Great American Read, 2018.
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Target audience
- adult
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