Lila

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Lila is a novel by Marilynne Robinson that continues her acclaimed Gilead series, exploring themes of grace, poverty, and belonging through the life of its enigmatic title character.

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instanceOf novel
author Marilynne Robinson NERFINISHED
awarded National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
follows Home
genre Christian fiction
literary fiction
hasCharacter Doll NERFINISHED
Reverend Boughton NERFINISHED
isbn10 0374187614
language English
literaryUniverse Gilead universe NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Lila Dahl NERFINISHED
Reverend John Ames NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective first-person
precedes Jack NERFINISHED
publicationYear 2014
publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED
series Gilead series NERFINISHED
settingLocation Gilead, Iowa NERFINISHED
shortlistedFor Man Booker Prize NERFINISHED
National Book Award for Fiction NERFINISHED
subjectMatter Calvinist theology
itinerant labor in the United States
rural Midwestern life
theme belonging
faith
grace
poverty
redemption
timePeriodSetting mid-20th century

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