Gilead: An Oprah's Book Club Pick
Autor Marilynne Robinsonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 feb 2006
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. '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
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781844081486
ISBN-10: 1844081486
Pagini: 282
Dimensiuni: 127 x 196 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Virago
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1844081486
Pagini: 282
Dimensiuni: 127 x 196 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Virago
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recenzii
Gilead is no less a masterpiece than Housekeeping
A beautiful novel: wise, tender and perfectly measured
Stunning... there are gems on every page of Gilead, but it is the whole construction that marks it as a great work
A visionary work of dazzling originality
"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
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
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
A novel as big as a nation, as quiet as thought, and moving as prayer. Matchless and towering
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
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
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
Rapturous... astonishing... Gilead is an inspired work from a writer whose sensibility seems steeped in holy fire
So serenely beautiful and written in a prose so gravely measured and thoughtful, that one feels touched with grace just to read it
Poignant, absorbing, lyrical... Robinson manages to convey the miracle of existence itself
Gilead is a refuge for readers longing for that increasingly rare work of fiction, one that explores big ideas while telling a good story
Winner of the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award
In 1956, towards the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son:
'I told you last night that I might be gone sometime . . . you reached up and put your fingers on my lips and gave me that look I never in my life saw on any other face besides your mother's. It's a kind of furious pride, very passionate and stern. I'm always a little surprised to find my eyebrows unsinged after I've suffered one of those looks. I will miss them.'
'A visionary work of dazzling originality' Robert McCrum, Observer
'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
'It is difficult not to be awed, moved and ultimately humbled' Neel Mukherjee, The Times
'A great work of literature' John de Falbe, Daily Telegraph
Chosen by the New York Times Book Review as one of the top six novels of the year
A beautiful novel: wise, tender and perfectly measured
Stunning... there are gems on every page of Gilead, but it is the whole construction that marks it as a great work
A visionary work of dazzling originality
"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
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
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
A novel as big as a nation, as quiet as thought, and moving as prayer. Matchless and towering
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
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
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
Rapturous... astonishing... Gilead is an inspired work from a writer whose sensibility seems steeped in holy fire
So serenely beautiful and written in a prose so gravely measured and thoughtful, that one feels touched with grace just to read it
Poignant, absorbing, lyrical... Robinson manages to convey the miracle of existence itself
Gilead is a refuge for readers longing for that increasingly rare work of fiction, one that explores big ideas while telling a good story
Winner of the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award
In 1956, towards the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son:
'I told you last night that I might be gone sometime . . . you reached up and put your fingers on my lips and gave me that look I never in my life saw on any other face besides your mother's. It's a kind of furious pride, very passionate and stern. I'm always a little surprised to find my eyebrows unsinged after I've suffered one of those looks. I will miss them.'
'A visionary work of dazzling originality' Robert McCrum, Observer
'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
'It is difficult not to be awed, moved and ultimately humbled' Neel Mukherjee, The Times
'A great work of literature' John de Falbe, Daily Telegraph
Chosen by the New York Times Book Review as one of the top six novels of the year