Marilynne Robinson is the author of the novels "Home," "Gilead "(winner of the Pulitzer Prize), and "Housekeeping," and four books of nonfiction, "When I Was a Child I Read Books," " Mother Country," "The Death of Adam," and "Absence of Mind." She teaches at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.
*Starred Review* "This third of three novels set in the fictional
plains town of Gilead, Iowa, is a masterpiece of prose in the
service of the moral seriousness that distinguishes Robinson's work
. . . Lila is a superb creation. Largely uneducated, almost feral,
Lila has a thirst for stability and knowledge. As she yearns to
forget the terrible memories and shame of her past, Lila is
hesitant to reveal them to her loving new husband. The courtship of
the couple--John Ames: tentative, shy, and awkward; Lila: naive,
suspicious, wary, full of dread--will endure as a classic set piece
of character revelation, during which two achingly lonely people
discover the comfort of marital love . . . Robinson carefully
crafts this provocative and deeply meaningful spiritual search for
the meaning of existence. What brings the couple together is a
joyous appreciation of the beauty of the natural world and the
possibility of grace." --"Publishers Weekly
"*Starred Review* "Robinson has created a tour de force, an
unforgettably dynamic odyssey, a passionate and learned moral and
spiritual inquiry, a paean to the earth, and a witty and
transcendent love story--all within a refulgent and resounding
novel so beautifully precise and cadenced it wholly tranfixes and
transforms us." --Donna Seaman, "Booklist"
Praise for "Home" and "Gilead
""An anguished pastoral, a tableau of decency and compassion that
is also an angry and devastating indictment of moral cowardice and
unrepentant, unacknowledged sin . . . Beautiful." --A. O. Scott,
"The New York Times Book Review
""Marilynne Robinson is so powerful a writer that she can reshape
how we read." --Mark Athitakis, "Chicago"" Sun-Times"
Praise for "Home" and "Gilead
""An anguished pastoral, a tableau of decency and compassion that
is also an angry and devastating indictment of moral cowardice and
unrepentant, unacknowledged sin . . . Beautiful." --A. O. Scott,
"The New York Times Book Review
""Marilynne Robinson is so powerful a writer that she can reshape
how we read." --Mark Athitakis, "Chicago"" Sun-Times"
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