Gilead [electronic resource]
Robinson, Marilynne2006
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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. Reverend Ames writes to his son about the tension between his father - an ardent pacifist - and his grandfather who came west to Kansas to fight for abolition and 'preached men into the Civil War'. And he tells the story of the sacred bonds between fathers and sons, which are tested in his tender and strained relationship with his namesake, John Ames Boughton, his best friends wayward son. This is also the tale of a remarkable vision of life as a wonderously strange creation. It tells how wisdom was forged in Ames's soul during his solitary life and how history lives through generations.
Main title:
Gilead [electronic resource] / Marilynne Robinson
Author:
Robinson, Marilynne, AuthorJerome, Tim, Narrator
Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : AudioGO Ltd, 2006
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
Awards:
Pulitzer Prize (Columbia University)National Book Critics Circle Award (The National Book Critics Circle)PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist (PEN/Faulkner Foundation)10 Best Books of 2004 (The New York Times)
ISBN:
9781405678322
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
326073
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | Libby, by Overdrive - eAudiobook |