Marilynne Robinson

• Mar-2024
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Fairytale World. The ancestors of the tailor's family from The Table, the Golden Ass and the Stick were actually attendants of the god Pan.The goldfish in The Golden Doll, which was eaten by the fisherman's wife, actually has the bloodline of Poseido...

• Oct-2020
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Marilynne Robinson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Humanities Medal, returns to the world of Gilead with Jack, the latest novel in one of the great works of contemporary American fiction Jack tells the story of John Ames Boughton, t...

• Oct-2016
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The spirit of our times can appear to be one of joyless urgency. As a culture we have become less interested in the exploration of the glorious mind, and more interested in creating and mastering technologies that will yield material well-being. But ...

• Oct-2014
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Marilynne Robinson, one of the greatest novelists of our time, returns to the town of Gilead in an unforgettable story of a girlhood lived on the fringes of society in fear, awe, and wonder. Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the cou...

• Sep-2008
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Hundreds of thousands were enthralled by the luminous voice of John Ames in Gilead, Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer Prize -- winning novel. Home is an entirely independent, deeply affecting novel that takes place concurrently in the same locale, this t...

• Nov-2004
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TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AFTER HER FIRST NOVEL, Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with a story about fathers and sons and the spiritual battles that still rage in America's heart. In the luminous and unforgettable voice of Congregationalist minister ...

• Mar-1982
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A modern classic that "brilliantly portrays the impermanence of all things, especially beauty and happiness" (Paul Gray, Time), Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their ...