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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Home canonical 4

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

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John Ames → appearsInWork → Home ⓘ
Marilynne Robinson → notableWork → Home ⓘ
subject linked to: Marilynne