Marilynne Robinson

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. Gilead is a deeply moving novel that explores themes of faith, family, and the legacies we leave behind. Through the eyes of Reverend Ames, readers are invited to reflect on the complexities of...

A brilliant and dramatic close reading of the first book of the Bible focussing on the complex relationship with humankind 'A work of exceptional wisdom and imagination' — DR ROWAN WILLIAMS, DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Rich and provoking... Robinson has masterfully traced a sense of wonder back to its ancient, remarkable source' — JULIAN COMAN, OBSERVER Reading Genesis is alive with questions...

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK Lila, by Marilynne Robinson, tells the profound story of a woman, Lila, who finds herself homeless and adrift after years of wandering through the harsh landscapes of the American Midwest. Seeking refuge from a storm, she steps into a small-town Iowa church, where an unexpected turn of...

Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and Lucille, orphans growing 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'...

'[Her work] defines universal truths about what it means to be human' Barack Obama 'Marilynne Robinson is one of the greatest writers of our time' Sunday Times Jack is the fourth in Robinson's luminous, profound Gilead series and perhaps the best yet' Observer Marilynne Robinson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the American National Humanities Medal, returns to the world...

One of our best contemporary writers explores the tension between science and religion and reveals how our concept of mind determines how we understand and value human nature and human civilization. In this ambitious book, acclaimed writer Marilynne Robinson applies her astute intellect to some of the most vexing topics in the history of human thought—science, religion, and consciousness. Crafted...

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2009 AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK Home follows the story of Jack Boughton, the prodigal son who has been gone for twenty years. He returns home seeking refuge and to make peace with the past. A bad boy from childhood, an alcoholic who cannot hold down a job, Jack is perpetually at odds...

Of Marilynne Robinson, Michael Arditti said that there is 'no contemporary novelist whose work I would rather read'. However, she is not only a writer of sharp, subtly moving prose, but also a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist. In this luminous new collection, she returns to the themes which have preoccupied her bestselling novels: the place literature has in life,...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - MORE THAN 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD Quietly powerful [and] moving. O, The Oprah Magazine (recommended reading) Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - A LOS ANGELES TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - A SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "[Robinson's] prose is...

"In the plain-spokenness of its language, the grace and dignity of its characters, the simplicity of its story and its intimations of spiritual transcendence, Housekeeping is a book that transformed how I see my place in the world." - David Marchese, The New York Times Magazine Winner of the Pen/Hemingway Award A modern classic, Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping is the story...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK "Marilynne Robinson's Lila is an enthralling meditation on belief, suffering and grace." -- O, the Oprah Magazine "Writing in lovely, angular prose that has the high loneliness of an old bluegrass...

New essays by the Orange and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of GILEAD, HOME and LILA. In this collection, Marilynne Robinson, one of today's most important thinkers—admired by President Obama, and so many others—impels us to action and offers us hope. Marilynne Robinson has plumbed the human spirit in her renowned novels, including LILA, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award;...

Robinson has plumbed the depths of the human spirit in her trilogy of novels—Pulitzer Prize-winning Gilead, Orange Prize-winning Home, and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Lila—and in her moving essay collection When I Was a Child I Read Books. Now, in The Givenness of Things, she brings a profound sense of awe and an incisive mind to the essential questions...