Marilynne Robinson Knihy

Um den erfundenen Ort Gilead hat Marilynne Robinson eine Erzählwelt geschaffen, die Roman für Roman weiterwächst. Gilead ist keine Idylle, sondern eine Stadt, die für den Leser zum Mittelpunkt eines ganzen Kosmos wird. In Zuhause kehrt Glory Boughton kehrt nach Gilead zurück, um ihren sterbenden Vater zu pflegen. Kurz darauf findet auch ihr Bruder Jack nach 20 Jahren heim, der Bad Boy der Familie, der zu viel trinkt und zu wenig tut. Jack eckt bei allen an - und doch ist er der Liebling des Vaters. Allmählich knüpft er ein enges Band zu seiner Schwester, hütet aber weiter ein großes Geheimnis - einen Konflikt aus dem dunklen Amerika, in dem Hautfarbe und Leidenschaft Hass gebären. Zuhause ist ein auf leise, präzise Art schonungsloses Buch, in dem Marilynne Robinson die Kontraste ihrer Welt um den fiktiven Ort Gilead noch eindringlicher zeichnet. Sie erzählt mit großer Meisterschaft von Scham und Würde, von Gnade und Vergebung, und wieder gelingt es ihr, dem Trost ein Zuhause zu geben. Eine unserer größten lebenden Romanautorinnen. Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times

Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church-the only available shelter from the rain-and ignites a romance and a debate that will reshape her life. She becomes the wife of a minister and widower, John Ames, and begins a new existence while trying to make sense of the days of suffering that preceded her newfound security. Neglected as a toddler, Lila was rescued by Doll, a canny young drifter, and brought up by her in a hardscrabble childhood of itinerant work. Together they crafted a life on the run, living hand-to-mouth with nothing but their sisterly bond and a lucky knife to protect them. But despite bouts of petty violence and moments of desperation, their shared life is laced with moments of joy and love. When Lila arrives in Gilead, she struggles to harmonize the life of her makeshift family and their days of hardship with the gentle worldview of her husband which paradoxically judges those she loves. Revisiting the beloved characters and setting of Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Gilead and Orange Prize-winning Home, Lila is a moving expression of the mysteries of existence.

In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son, a kind of last testament to his remarkable forebears. 'It is a book of such meditative calm, such spiritual intensity that is seems miraculous that her silence was only for 23 years; such measure of wisdom is the fruit of a lifetime. Robinson's prose, aligned with the sublime simplicity of the language of the bible, is nothing short of a benediction. You might not share its faith, but it is difficult not to be awed moved and ultimately humbled by the spiritual effulgence that lights up the novel from within' Neel Mukherjee, The Times 'Writing of this quality, with an authority as unforced as the perfect pitch in music, is rare and carries with it a sense almost of danger - that at any moment, it might all go wrong. In Gilead, however, nothing goes wrong' Jane Shilling, Sunday Telegraph

From the Orange Prize winning author of HomeAcclaimed on publication as a contemporary classic, Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and Lucille, orphansgrowing up in the small desolate town of Fingerbone in the vast northwest of America.Abandoned by a succession of relatives, the sisters find themselves in the care of Sylvie, the remote and enigmatic sister of their dead mother. Steeped in imagery of the bleak wintry landscape around them, the sisters' struggle towards adulthood is powerfully portrayed in a novel about loss, loneliness and transience.'I love and have lived with this book . . . it holds a unique and quiet place among the masterpieces of 20th century American fiction.' Paul Bailey'I found myself reading slowly, than more slowly--this is not a novel to be hurried through, for every sentence is a delight.' Doris Lessing

"Home" by Marilynne Robinson is a poignant retelling of the prodigal son parable, set in the same Iowa town as her acclaimed novel "Gilead." It explores the complex dynamics of family, secrets, and faith through the story of Jack Boughton, an alcoholic returning home, and his reconnection with his father and sister Glory.

From the author of the magnificent, award-winning novels GILEAD and HOME comes this, a collection of wonderful, heart-warming essays about reading

As the Reverend John Ames approaches the hour of his own death, he writes a letter to his son chronicling three previous generations of his family, a story that stretches back to the Civil War and reveals uncomfortable family secrets

Experience the wonder of the written word from some of the greatest writers of the modern age, with Faber Modern Classics. Housekeeping was chosen by Barbara Kingsolver for inclusion in our Modern Classics.

The Givenness of Things is Robinson unadorned, speaking her mind forthrightly, sometimes with frustration, often with dry humour . . . Robinson makes full use of her writerly imagination Herald

By defending the importance of individual reflection, this title celebrates the power and variety of human consciousness in the tradition of William James. It explores the nature of subjectivity and considers the culture in which Sigmund Freud that was situated and its influence on his model of self and civilization.