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Gilead: Searching for Connection

November 4, 2005

Marilynne Robinson writer, 2005 Pulitzer Prize

Marilynne Robinson receives the 2005 Melcher Book Award from the Unitarian Universalist Association for her Pulitzer Prize winning novel Gilead.

Gilead documents the travels of the human spirit in its search for connection to other human beings and to a spiritual power.

Topics: Culture & Identity | Literature & Philosophy

Tags: Authors | unitarian universalist | Fiction | Philosophy | Writing Process | Spirituality & Religion

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