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- Publisher: St Martins Pr
- ISBN: 0312424094
- WAPI (Tower ID): 101474438
- Release Date: November 1, 2004
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Product DescriptionMore Books by Marilynne Robinson (Author)Run a Quick Search on "Housekeeping" by Marilynne Robinson to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Housekeeping"Browse more products related to "Marilynne Robinson"Review"Marilynne Robinson's HOUSEKEEPING is one of the ten best novels of the past century. In its haunting voice and its inevitable movement, both fabular and precise, it is a nearly perfect work, still as singular and eerie today as when it was published." "An often comic novel that has become a certifiable classic. Her name is Ruth and she has the eye and ear of a poet." "I found myself reading slowly, then more slowly--this is not a novel to be hurried through, for every sentence is a delight." "HOUSEKEEPING sounds as if the author has been treasuring it up all her life, waiting for it to form itself." "The richness and variety and the peculiarity of tone Marilynne Robinson sustains are masterful; I found the characters absorbing and disturbing." "[A] haunting dream of a story told in a language as sharp and clear as light and air and water." "[A] quiet, humorous, beautiful book filled with what I can only call the ecstasy of wisdom....It is a work of pure grace." Publisher's noteRuth, a young girl struggling to overcome haunting family memories in a town which will not ler her forget, gradually grows close to Sylvie, the sister of her dead mother. AnnotationMarilynne Robinson's 1980 novel is a strange coming-of-age tale set in the Idaho mountains. The story is about two orphaned sisters, Ruth and Lucille, who go to live with their unconventional and possibly unbalanced Aunt Sylvie. Ruth, the narrator, is haunted by the death of her grandfather, who died in a horrifying train wreck years ago, and the more recent death of her mother, who drove her car off a cliff. The setting for these family tragedies--the fictional town of Fingerbone and its frigid lake--continues to play its part in the story. As the two girls grow up in this eerie and evocative place, Lucille's life becomes focused on only one thing: to fit in and be as ordinary as possible. But Ruth, who has felt alienated all her life from her surroundings, has a profound need to rebel. The circumstances of these two diverging lives form the basis of a novel that has been heralded as an American classic, celebrated for the compelling strangeness of its story and the lyrical prose that Robinson (who grew up in Idaho) employs to tell it. Robinson's first novel, HOUSEKEEPING was made into a memorable 1987 movie, starring Christine Lahti. If You Enjoy "Housekeeping (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:
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