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Novel 'Gilead' Offers Compelling Take on Life and Death

NPR | By Alan Cheuse

Published November 23, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

Alan Cheuse reviews Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, a novel narrated by a Christian minister as he nears death. Cheuse calls it a "beautifully ruminative novel."

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