Gilead Ointment
Mar 11th, 2004 | By admin | Category: Natural and Homeopathic|
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Gilead $11.81 In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames’s life, he begins a letter to his young son, a kind of last testament to his remarkable forebears. ‘It is a book of such meditative calm, such spiritual intensity that is seems miraculous that her silence was only for 23 years; such measure of wisdom is the fruit of a lifetime. Robinson’s prose, aligned with the sublime simplicity of the language of the bible, is nothing short of a benediction. You might not share its faith, but it is difficult not to be awed moved and ultimately humbled by the spiritual effulgence that lights up the novel from within’ Neel Mukherjee, The Times ‘Writing of this quality, with an authority as unforced as the perfect pitch in music, is rare and carries with it a sense almost of danger – that at any moment, it might all go wrong. In Gilead, however, nothing goes wrong’ Jane Shilling, Sunday Telegraph |
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Balm In Gilead $8.99 “Through Bible study, prayer, self-reflection, and the spiritually directive coaching of the author, readers who complete Balm in Gilead will be refreshed and revitalized. This book attempts to facilitate the essence of a spiritual retreat for its participants, leaving them rested and strengthened for their ongoing journeys.” |
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Gilead (Paperback) $10.88 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 love: a letter to the boy, in which he looks back on his own long life, and on the history of his family and its role in America from the Civil War to the present day. In 2005, GILEAD won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. |
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The Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead $12.95 After retaking the pink sphere, John Farson prepares to attack Gilead. And he means to have it…while gunslinger Roland rots in jail. Includes issues #1-6 and Sorcerer, a look into the dark heart of Marten Broadcloak. |
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