Inder's review of Housekeeping: A Novel
Housekeeping: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
Inder's review
rating:
bookshelves:
20th-century,
alltimefaves,
audiobooks,
fiction,
read-2008,
women
recommended for:
Women
status:
Read in April, 2008
Argh. Gorgeous. A really lovely novel, I enjoyed this immensely. While being less intellectual overall than Gilead, it is nonetheless, at times, more abstract and difficult.
A moody setting, a moody novel, with a narrator who borders on mental instability, but speaks with the clear voice of truth.
Whereas Gilead is about men, especially fathers and sons, Housekeeping is about women, especially sisters. And the pains of growing up, and of loss and grief, and the relationships we maintain with the dead and departed.
A powerful, evocative book, deeply American at its core. The voice of this novel is the voice of the American West, rarely captured with such a fine tuned ear. I couldn't help but feel that in some ways, this is the female counterpart to On the Road, and that it is destined to be seen as an American classic.
Ms. Robinson, please write me another novel. I'll wait.
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I have really good intentions towards Middlesex, really I d...more
A moody setting, a moody novel, with a narrator who borders on mental instability, but speaks with the clear voice of truth.
Whereas Gilead is about men, especially fathers and sons, Housekeeping is about women, especially sisters. And the pains of growing up, and of loss and grief, and the relationships we maintain with the dead and departed.
A powerful, evocative book, deeply American at its core. The voice of this novel is the voice of the American West, rarely captured with such a fine tuned ear. I couldn't help but feel that in some ways, this is the female counterpart to On the Road, and that it is destined to be seen as an American classic.
Ms. Robinson, please write me another novel. I'll wait.
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I have really good intentions towards Middlesex, really I d...more
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