Marilynne Robinson

Marilynne Robinson is the author of the novels Housekeeping, Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and Home, and three books of nonfiction, Mother Country, The Death of Adam, and Absence of Mind. She teaches at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

Books Authored

Image of Jack (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel
Author(s):
Marilynne Robinson
Genre(s):
Literary Fiction, Regional

Jack: A Novel

September 28, 2020
Reviewed by: 
Kelly Fordon

The fourth book in Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead cycle features Jack Boughton, the prodigal son of the Presbyterian minister, Robert Boughton.

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Image of The Givenness of Things: Essays
Author(s):
Marilynne Robinson
Genre(s):
Essays, Literary

The Givenness of Things: Essays

December 9, 2015
Reviewed by: 
Gregory J. Wilkin

In the second and final installment of a recent extended back-and-forth (shouldn't it be "forth and back"?) between President Obama and Marilynne Robinson in The New York Review of Books,

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Image of When I Was a Child I Read Books: Essays
Author(s):
Marilynne Robinson
Genre(s):
Essays, Literary, Essays, Literary

When I Was a Child I Read Books: Essays

March 6, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Liana Giorgi

“Ms. Robinson is correct to point out that liberalism and religion are not incompatible and that there are enough historical examples and living persons bearing witness to the fact.

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