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Gilead (Gilead, #1)

Marilynne Robinson

Start date: March 1, 2023

Finish date: March 31, 2023

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Oct 04, 2009 مرجان محمدی rated it it was amazing

Shelves: translated-by-me

گیلیاد هم مجوز گرفت

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Sep 04, 2013 مرجان محمدی rated it it was amazing · (Review from the author) · review of another edition

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دیشب به تو گفتم ممکن است روزی بروم، تو گفتی کجا، من گفتم پیش خدا، تو گفتی چرا، گفتم چون پیر شده ام، گفتی فکر نمی کنم پیر شده باشی و دستت را در دستم گذاشتی و گفتی، خیلی پیر نیستی

گیلیاد دومین رمان مریلین رابینسون است که در سال 2004 منتشر شد. این رمان در سال 2005 جایزه پولیتزر و کانون منتقدان کتاب ملی را از آن خود کرد. گیلیاد، نامه های کشیشی پیر است که در شهر کوچک گیلیاد در آیووا زندگی می کند و می داند که به زودی به علت بیماری قلبی خواهد مرد. او این نامه ها را برای پسرش می نویسد و در آن داستان زندگ ...more

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Dec 11, 2011 Kathy McC rated it really liked it

Shelves: pulitzer-winners

December choice for "Tackling the Pulitzer Prize Winners" group.
While this story was not plot driven, it was a remarkable read. I also read Tinkers, which was a similar concept-the musings of an elderly man nearing the end of his time on earth. However, I found the "ponderings" idea in Gilead much more developed and thought provoking. The prose was lyrical and the vocabulary superb. ...more

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Aug 19, 2009 Kendra Lyris rated it it was ok

Shelves: read-in-2009, own

Gilead is an extended letter written by a small-town, Iowan pastor to his young son. The text, meandering and episodic, perfectly represents to the reader what it is intended to be. It is a dying man's life, "flashing before his eyes".

The truth is I am still not sure if I like this book. I read it slowly, though it is not a long read, at times stopping because I was bored or frustrated. Robinson manages to embody a septuagenarian man from the midwest, a man who has never truly lived outside his ...more

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Dec 07, 2011 Abby rated it it was ok

Shelves: ebook, book-club

I battled through this book, wanting it to get better. There was a bit of redemption (with wine attached, I must admit) as tears were brought to my eyes 90% of the way through. The story-telling was fantastic. The soul-searching, Scripture analysis, and overall religious discussion just wasn't my cup of tea, and there was a lot of it. Overall, it was okay. ...more

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