Rachel Sykes – Irish Journal of American Studies

Those Same Trees: Narrative Sequence and Simultaneity in Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead Novels

In 2014, the publication of Marilynne Robinson’s fourth novel, Lila, completed a trilogy of books set in the small fictional town of Gilead, Iowa. The Pulitzer-prize-winning Gilead (2004) first tells the story... Read More...

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Those Same Trees: Narrative Sequence and Simultaneity in Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead Novels

Author Rachel Sykes