Gilead: A Novel

<p>The 2004 Pulitzer Prize winning novel<br>A <i>New York Times </i>Top-Ten Book of 2004<br>Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction</p><p>Nearly 25 years after <i>Housekeeping</i>, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three generations, from the Civil War to the 20th century: a story about fathers and sons and the spiritual battles that still rage at America's heart. In the words of <i>Kirkus</i>, it is a novel &quot;as big as a nation, as quiet as thought, and moving as prayer. Matchless and towering.&quot; GILEAD tells the story of America and will break your heart.</p>