Home
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"Home" is a reflective novel by Marilynne Robinson that revisits the town of Gilead to explore themes of family, faith, and forgiveness through the story of the Boughton household.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Home canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Marilynne Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded |
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction
NERFINISHED
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National Book Award finalist NERFINISHED ⓘ Orange Prize for Fiction shortlist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCharacter | John Ames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely acclaimed by literary critics ⓘ |
| fictionalTown | Gilead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian fiction
ⓘ
domestic fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780374299101 ⓘ |
| hasSequelOrCompanion |
Jack
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lila NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacters |
Glory Boughton
NERFINISHED
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Jack Boughton NERFINISHED ⓘ Reverend Robert Boughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motif |
intergenerational conflict
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racial injustice (offstage, referenced) ⓘ religious doubt ⓘ returning home ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| pageCount | 336 ⓘ |
| primaryNarrativeFocalCharacter | Glory Boughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherImprint | Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover edition ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Gilead
NERFINISHED
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Jack NERFINISHED ⓘ Lila NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Gilead novels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Gilead, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesUniverseWith | Gilead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | character-driven narrative ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
American Midwest small-town life
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Calvinist theology and predestination ⓘ pastoral ministry and clergy family life ⓘ |
| theme |
faith
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family ⓘ forgiveness ⓘ grace ⓘ prodigal son motif ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1950s ⓘ |
| tone |
meditative
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melancholic ⓘ |
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