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- Number of Pages: 336
- ISBN: 0374299102
- WAPI (Tower ID): 111990858
- Release Date: September 2, 2008
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #98045 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionMore Books by Marilynne Robinson (Author)Run a Quick Search on "Home" by Marilynne Robinson to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Home"Browse more products related to "Marilynne Robinson"Review"Robinson's beautiful new novel, a companion piece to her Pulitzer Prize-winning GILDEAD, is an elegant variation on the parable of the prodigal son's return." (starred review) "[HOME] is a book unsparing in its acknowledgment of sin and unstinting in its belief in the possibility of grace. It is at once hard and forgiving, bitter and joyful, fanatical and serene. It is a wild, eccentric, radical work of literature that grows out of the broadest, most fertile, most familiar native literary tradition." HOME begins simply, eschewing obvious verbal fineness, and slowly grows in luxury--its last fifty pages are magnificently moving." Publisher's noteReturning to Gilead to care for her dying father, Glory Boughton, the daughter of John Ames's closest friend, is joined by her long-absent brother, with whom she bonds throughout his struggles with alcoholism, unemployment, and their father's traditionalist values. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gilead. AnnotationReaders of Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning GILEAD will find the plot of her novel HOME familiar. It takes place next door to the setting for GILEAD, and involves a similar event: the return of Jack Boughton, the black sheep and wayward son of the aging preacher Robert Boughton. One of the marvels of GILEAD was Robinson's ability to make such rich and subtle drama out of so little plot, and so its astonishing that she can mine nearly identical material for her third novel, and still uncover untold joys, poetry, and tragedy. Told from the point of view of Jack's sister, Glory Boughton, whose own life has not lived up to expectations, HOME is a deeply textured, nuanced, word-perfect masterpiece about two forlorn children returning to their dilapidated family home. Their attempts to find grace and meaning in their bare and unfulfilled lives has the quality of a spiritual journey, and the pain and beauty of great literature. If You Enjoy "Home (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:
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