Housekeeping

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Housekeeping is a critically acclaimed 1980 novel by Marilynne Robinson that explores themes of family, loss, and transience in a small Idaho town.

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instanceOf novel
adaptedAs Housekeeping (1987 film) NERFINISHED
author Marilynne Robinson NERFINISHED
awarded PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel NERFINISHED
awardYear 1982
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed
debutWorkOf Marilynne Robinson NERFINISHED
filmDirector Bill Forsyth NERFINISHED
filmLeadActor Christine Lahti NERFINISHED
genre coming-of-age novel
domestic fiction
literary fiction
hasISBN 0-374-26152-X
hasMediaType hardcover
paperback
print
hasSubject orphans
religion
sisters
suicide
trains
includedInList TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005 NERFINISHED
The Guardian 100 Best Novels NERFINISHED
language English
literaryPeriod late 20th-century American literature
mainCharacter Lucille NERFINISHED
Ruth NERFINISHED
Sylvie NERFINISHED
narrativePointOfView first-person
narrator Ruth NERFINISHED
nominatedFor Pulitzer Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED
notableFor exploration of unconventional family structures
lyrical prose style
pageCount 224
publicationYear 1980
publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED
setInLocation Fingerbone, Idaho NERFINISHED
settingType small town
theme abandonment
family
female identity
loneliness
loss
mental illness
nonconformity
transience
timePeriodOfSetting mid-20th century

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Marilynne Robinson notableWork Housekeeping