false 51115060 1142227 68210 031242440X 9780312424404 1853 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170687634m/68210.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170687634s/68210.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68210.Gilead_A_Novel 3.76 8748 Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three generations from the Civil War to the twentieth century: a story about fathers and sons and the spiritual battles that still rage at America's heart. Writing in the tradition of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, Marilynne Robinson's beautiful, spare, and spiritual prose allows "even the faithless reader to feel the possibility of transcendent order" (Slate). In the luminous and unforgettable voice of Congregationalist minister John Ames, Gilead reveals the human condition and the often unbearable beauty of an ordinary life.]]> 7491 3.84 17094 3702 2000 1 0 false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 22:39:10 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 21:28:25 -0700 2009
5/15/2009: I finally finished Gilead. It never moved from dull to interesting. Probably one of the dullest books I ever finished (I usually just put a dull book to the side and never take it up again). Again I ask, how did this dull book ever becom...more...]]>