Gilead (English) (ISBN: 9780374153892 - See 6 other editions)
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Format: Hardcover Published Date: November 2004 MSRP: $23.00 Synopsis: Marilynne Robinson's long-awaited second novel is named after the town in which it is set: Gilead, Iowa. The time is the 1950s, and John Ames, the town's beloved pastor, is dying of heart disease. Widowed early but recently remarried, John has a very young son. The novel is a final act of ... Read More |