Gilead /
Robinson, Marilynne
Gilead / Marilynne Robinson. - London : Virago, 2005. - 282 p. ; 20 cm.
In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son, a kind of last testament to his remarkable forebears. Ames is troubled too by his prodigal namesake, Jack Boughton, his best friend's ne'er-do-well son, who seems to be a living contradiction of everything that Ames stands for.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.
9781844081486
Conflict of generations--Fiction
Reminiscing in old age--Fiction
Children of clergy
Fathers and sons--Fiction
Grandfathers--Fiction
Clergy--Fiction
813
Gilead / Marilynne Robinson. - London : Virago, 2005. - 282 p. ; 20 cm.
In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son, a kind of last testament to his remarkable forebears. Ames is troubled too by his prodigal namesake, Jack Boughton, his best friend's ne'er-do-well son, who seems to be a living contradiction of everything that Ames stands for.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.
9781844081486
Conflict of generations--Fiction
Reminiscing in old age--Fiction
Children of clergy
Fathers and sons--Fiction
Grandfathers--Fiction
Clergy--Fiction
813