"Gilead är en storartad roman, en lågmäld betraktelse över vad det innebär att vara människa. En bok att samtala med, sjunka ner i, brottas med. En bok att läsa långsamt och begrundande, och gärna mer än en gång." SvD "Jag vet inte vilken av romaner…
"Det finns böcker som förändrar hur man ser sin värld och sin tid." DN "Lila går rakt igenom boksidan, rätt in i mig." Björn Kohlström "En människa som gör världen större." Marie Lundström "Marilynne Robinson är en författare med en självklar hemort…
Det är 1920-tal i den amerikanska mellanvästern. En fyraårig flicka försvinner från farstubron till det slitna hus där de som kanske är flickans föräldrar, kanske bara hennes avlägsna släk-t-ingar, bor. Hos dem har hon inte ens haft ett namn. Den li…
Glory Boughton har kommit tillbaka till Gilead för att ta hand om sin döende far, prästen Robert Boughton, bästa vän till John Ames, huvudpersonen i romanen Gilead. Snart kommer också hennes bror Jack hem, familjens svarta får som varit försvunnen i…
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,…
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…
'Grace and intelligence . . . [her work] defines universal truths about what it means to be human' BARACK OBAMA 'Radiant and visionary' SARAH PERRY, GUARDIAN Marilynne Robinson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the American National Humanities Medal…
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…
»Hur hamnade du här, Marilynne. Vad var det som hände? Var det biblioteken?«Det var Barack Obama som frågade, i ett samtal med Marilynne Robinson i biblioteket på det universitet i Iowa där Robinson undervisar blivande författare. Men frågan gällde…
Marilynne Robinson, one of the greatest novelists of our time, returns to the town of Gilead in one of the most acclaimed novels of 2014
Hundreds of thousands of readers were enthralled and delighted by the luminous, tender voice of John Ames in Gilead, Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Now comes HOME, a deeply affecting novel that takes place in the same period and…
In this award-winning collection, the bestselling author of Gilead offers us other ways of thinking about history, religion, and society. Whether rescuing Calvinism and its creator Jean Cauvin from the repressive puritan stereotype, or considering h…
A New York Times bestseller Named a Best Book of 2020 by the Australian Book Review, AV Club, Books-a-Million, Electric Literature, Esquire, the Financial Times, Good Housekeeping (UK), The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Literary Hub, the New Statesman,…
A New York Times bestseller 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 Marilynne Robinson'…
Robinson's slow prose is the star here, and narrator Adam Verner gives great depth of emotion to Jack's raw suffering and ethical dilemmas...Come for the love story; stay for a couple who learn to find the beauty in broken humanity, and what grace c…
A New York Times bestseller Named a best book of 2020 by the Australian Book Review, AV Club, Books-a-Million, Electric Literature, Esquire, the Financial Times, Good Housekeeping (UK), The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Literary Hub, the New Statesman,…
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award, Gilead is the long-hoped-for second novel by Marilynne Robinson, one of our finest writers--a hymn of praise and lamentation to the God-haunted existence that Reverend Ames loves p…
CD-bok In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son, an account of himself and his forebears. Ames is the son of an Iowan preacher and the grandson of a minister who, as a young man in Maine, saw a vision…
WINNER OF THE ORANGE PRIZE 2009 A 2008 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE A New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Best Book of the Year A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year A San Francisco Chronicle…
These pocket-sized titles are stunning....They make the perfect stocking stuffers - Metro Bought together or separately, these fiction titles are ideal stocking stuffers for the literature lover. - USA Today Newly reissued as a Picador Modern Clas…
Winner of the Pen/Hemingway Award A modern classic, Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling…
Growing up with her younger sister, Lucille, under the care of their grandmother, two great-aunts, and eccentric aunt, Ruth, a young girl struggling to overcome haunting family memories in a town that will not let her forget, gradually grows close t…
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A New York Times Bestseller A New York Magazine Best Book of the Year An Economist Best Book of the Year Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of Gilead Marilynne Robinson has built a sterling reputation as not…
Marilynne Robinson has built a sterling reputation as a writer of sharp, subtly moving prose, not only as a major American novelist, but also as a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist. In" When I Was a Child I Read Books" she returns to and expand…
The New York Times Bestseller Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award National Book Award Finalist A new American classic from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gilead and Housekeeping Marilynne Robinson, one of the greatest novelists o…
A New York Times Bestseller NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER A new American classic from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gilead and Housekeeping Marilynne Robinson, one of the greatest novelists of our tim…
A new American classic from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Gilead "and "Housekeeping"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…
New essays by the Women's Prize and Pulitzer Prize winning author of Gilead, Home and Lila. In this collection, Marilynne Robinson impels us to action and offers us hope. 'Grace and intelligence ...[her work] defines universal truths about what it m…
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…
Det är 1956 i den lilla landsortshålan Gilead, Iowa. Den åldrande prästen John Ames skriver, i vetskapen om att han snart ska dö, ett långt brev till sin sjuåriga son. Han vill berätta om familjens historia, om sig själv, sitt liv och sina tankar. M…
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 com…
Det som er os givet er en essaysamling af den amerikanske forfatter Marilynne Robinson. I sytten essays undersøger Marilynne Robinson ideer fra fortidens store tænkere, som har inspireret og provokeret hende igennem livet – bl.a. Shakespeare,…
I ett förfallet hus, i en liten stad i den amerikanska mellanvästern lever de två föräldralösa tonårsflickorna Ruth och Lucille tillsammans med sin moster Sylvie. Huset ligger vid sjön Fingerbone som tagit både faderns och moderns liv. Robinson skil…
The Awakening AND Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin. The novel opens with the Pontellier family-Leonce, a New Orleans businessman of Louisiana Creole heritage; his wife Edna; and their two sons, Etienne and Raoul - vacationing on Grand Isle at a…
Hjemme udspiller sig i 1956 i Gilead, den lille by i Iowa, hvor også Marilynne Robinsons forrige roman, Gilead, foregik. Denne gang er vi i hjemmet hos pastor Robert Boughton, John Ames' nærmeste ven. Glory Boughton er i en alder af 38 år modvilligt…
New essays on theological, political, and contemporary themes, by the Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson has plumbed the human spirit in her renowned novels, including Lila, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Gilead, winner…
In this powerful, eloquent, and elucidating essay, Marilynne Robinson has pinpointed exactly the motives and the mythology and the reality behind the destruction of our planet. The Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Great Britain is a perfect…
Lila udspiller sig i Gilead, den lille by i Iowa, hvor også Marilynne Robinsons forrige to romaner, Gilead og Hjemme, foregår. Den unge, hjemløse Lila søger ly for regnen i en kirke i Gilead. Her møder hun præsten John Ames; de fatter sympati for hi…
Narrator Therese] Plummer's talented performance is both illuminating and poignant. -- AudioFile Magazine Winner of the Pen/Hemingway Award Fortieth Anniversary Edition This program includes a bonus conversation with the author. A modern classic,…
Abandoned by a succession of relatives, orphaned sisters Ruthie and Lucille find themselves in the care of their eccentric aunt Sylvie in their rural home town in Idaho. Ruthie narrates the sisters' story as Lucille moves out into the world and Ruth…
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…
WITH A TWO-PART INTERVIEW BETWEEN MARILYNNE ROBINSON AND PRESIDENT OBAMA THAT FIRST APPEARED IN THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS The incomparable Marilynne Robinson has delivered an impassioned critique of contemporary society--our addiction to technol…
Long-listed for the 2016 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayThe 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 interest…
From the author of the magnificent, award-winning novels GILEAD, HOME and LILA comes this wonderful, heart-warming collection of essays about reading.
Genudgivelse i paperback. Gilead udspiller sig i en lille by af samme navn i den amerikanske stat Iowa. I 1956, mod slutningen af sit liv, begynder pastor John Ames på et brev til sin syv-årige søn. Han har fået ham meget sent i livet og vil gerne e…
The discovery of a murdered man in a bathrobe by the side of a road, the destruction of a town's historic City Hall building, and the recollection of a cruel wartime decision are equally affecting in Orner's vivid and intimate gaze. The first half o…
»Hur hamnade du här, Marilynne. Vad var det som hände? Var det biblioteken?«Det var Barack Obama som frågade, i ett samtal med Marilynne Robinson. Hur kom det sig, undrade presidenten, att en kvinna uppväxt under enkla förhållanden i präriestaten Id…
