Gilead
- Author Marilynne Robinson
- Narrator Tim Jerome
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Run Time 9 hours and 4 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Modern and contemporary fiction.
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What to expect
'It is a book of such meditative calm, such spiritual intensity that is 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
'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 - that at any moment, it might all go wrong. In Gilead, however, nothing goes wrong' Jane Shilling, Sunday Telegraph
Critics Review
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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
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
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
Sunday Telegraph
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