Housekeeping

Faber Modern Classics

by Marilynne Robinson
language: english
Publisher: Faber & Faber, April of 2015 ‧
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Abandoned by a succession of relatives, orphaned sisters Ruthie and Lucille find themselves in the care of their eccentric aunt Sylvie in their rural home town in Idaho. In this title, Ruthie narrates the sisters' story as Lucille moves out into the world and Ruth falls further back into her own family's dark past.

Housekeeping

Faber Modern Classics

by Marilynne Robinson

Property Description
ISBN: 9780571322756
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date: April of 2015
Language: English
Dimensions: 130 x 199 x 16 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 224
Format: Book
Collection: Time Odyssey
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Fiction
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780571322756

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marilynne Robinson

Marilynne Robinson nasceu em novembro de 1943, em Sandpoint, no estado do Idaho, nos EUA. Estudou no Pembroke College, da Brown University, tendo-se doutorado na Universidade de Washington em 1977. O seu primeiro romance, Housekeeping (1980), foi distinguido com o Prémio Hemingway Foundation/PEN. Gilead (2004) obteve o Prémio Pulitzer de Ficção e o National Book Critics Circle Award. O The Guardian considerou-o o segundo melhor livro do século XXI. Com Casa, recebeu o Orange Prize for Fiction e o Los Angeles Times Book Prize, e, com Lila, o National Book Critics Circle Award. Em 2012, recebeu a Medalha Nacional de Humanidades, pela «sua escrita elegante e inteligente». Os seus livros de não-ficção incluem The Givenness of Things, When I Was a Child I Read Books, Absence of Mind, The Death of Adam e Mother Country. Vive em Iowa City, no Iowa.

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