Gilead [electronic resource] : A novel. Marilynne Robinson.
In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son, an account of himself and his forebears. Ames is the son of an Iowa preacher and the grandson of a minister who, as a young man in Maine, saw a vision and came west to Kansas to fight for abolition. Reverend Ames tells a story of the sacred bonds between fathers and sons, which are tested in his tender and strained relationship with his best friend's wayward son. Gilead is the long-hoped-for second novel by one of our finest writers, a hymn of praise and lamentation to the God-haunted existence that Reverend Ames loves passionately, and from which he will soon part.
Electronic resources
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (audio file) : digital
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: Ashland : Blackstone Audio, Inc., and Buck 50 Productions, LLC, 2006.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Unabridged. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Narrator: Tim Jerome. |
| System Details Note: | Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser. |
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| Subject: | Historical Fiction. Fiction. |
