Housekeeping
ISBN:
9781419356827 (1419356828)
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Family,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader as part of the United States of Books Project. --- It's time for my home state here in this little series we're doing: Idaho, featuring the book Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson. Set in the fictional town of Fingerbone, in the Northern part of ...
There was a time I labeled myself a non-conformist. It was a short time, or at least I want to believe so. Like your typical socially inept nerd, I could not fit the norms and weren’t interested in them. There was supposed to be some vague ‘alternative’ or ‘underground’, but the impression I got is ...
At its heart, Housekeeping is a beautiful little story inflated with gorgeous big words. The focus in this novel is definitely on language. While the characters are good and the story certainly stands on its own, the language is what makes this novel striking. At times, the words Robinson uses are p...
This - or one of her others - suggested by Clare P
Beautifully written, and full of magical, if melancholy, images, but I found it a little lacking in urgency. A definite must-read if plot is not a main concern of yours.
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