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Jack

An Oprah's Book Club Pick
By Marilynne Robinson
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Jack by Marilynne Robinson tells the story of Jack Boughton, a troubled yet gentle-hearted man, who struggles to reconcile his past and dreams with the complexities of love and forgiveness. Set in the mid-20th century Midwest, the narrative explores Jack's relationship with Della, an African American teacher, in a time when their interracial romance faces societal pressures and personal dilemmas. With introspective prose, Robinson delves into themes of redemption and human connection.
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Jack

From one of the English language's great writers. Revisiting her beloved characters, Jack joins Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer; Home, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction and Lila, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. This is the compassionate and heart-breaking story of the wayward son, Jack Boughton.

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'[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 of Gilead with Jack, the final in one of the great works of contemporary American fiction.

Jack tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the loved and grieved-over prodigal son of a Presbyterian minister in Gilead, Iowa, a drunkard and a ne'er-do-well. In segregated St. Louis sometime after World War II, Jack falls in love with Della Miles, an African-American high school teacher, also a preacher's child, with a discriminating mind, a generous spirit and an independent will. Their fraught, beautiful story is one of Robinson's greatest achievements.

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Jack, the fourth novel in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead series, explores themes of love, race, and redemption through the fraught relationship between a white man, Jack Boughton, and a black woman, Della Miles, in 1950s St Louis. Critics praise Robinson's masterful storytelling and deep insight into the human condition, highlighting the book's exploration of moral and existential questions within the framework of a poignant romance. Reviewing it as a standalone, many find it a profound meditation on human decency and the capacity for redemption, adding depth to the intergenerational saga of the Gilead series.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780349011790

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 April 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Virago Press Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 124.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 252g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

Marilynne Robinson is the author of Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award; Home, winner of the Orange Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Lila, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award; and Jack, a New York Times bestseller. Her first novel, Housekeeping, won the PEN/Hemingway Award. Robinson's non-fiction books include The Givenness of Things, When I Was a Child I Read Books, Absence of Mind, The Death of Adam, and Mother Country. She is the recipient of a 2012 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama, for 'her grace and intelligence in writing.' Robinson lives in Iowa City, Iowa.

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