Gilead
Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer-winning novel is a dying minister's luminous letter to his young son.
Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer-winning novel takes the form of a long letter written by John Ames, an elderly Congregationalist minister in 1950s Iowa, to the young son he will not live to see grow up. Reflecting on his father and grandfather, his faith, and the town of Gilead, Ames offers a luminous meditation on grace, memory, and the beauty of ordinary life. It is a modern classic.
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