Bücher von Marilynne Robinson

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.

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2009Hundreds 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 same Iowa town of Gilead. This is Jack's story. Jack - prodigal son of the Boughton family, godson and namesake of John Ames, gone twenty years - has come home looking for refuge and to try to make peace with a past littered with trouble and pain. A bad boy from childhood, an alcoholic who cannot hold down a job, Jack is perpetually at odds with his surroundings and with his traditionalist father, though he remains Boughton's most beloved child. His sister Glory has also returned to Gilead, fleeing her own mistakes, to care for their dying father. Brilliant, loveable, wayward, Jack forges an intense new bond with Glory and engages painfully with his father and his father's old friend John Ames.

Marilynne Robinson ist eine der großen Stimmen Amerikas. Die mit dem Pulitzer Prize ausgezeichnete Autorin stellt in ihrem neuen Roman »Jack« unnachahmlich die schwierige Balance von Liebe und Vergebung, den Auswirkungen von Rassismus und Verrat vor - ein hochaktuelles Thema in einem leuchtenden Zeitkristall. Jack ist der verlorene Sohn einer weißen Familie. Sein Vater ist Priester, aber er ein obdachloser Herumtreiber und charmanter Vortänzer in schäbigen Dancehalls. Ihn bindet eine zärtlich tragische Beziehung an Della, einer Schwarzen Lehrerin - ein Tabubruch in den USA der fünfziger Jahre, der ihr Leben aus den Angeln hebt. Roman für Roman folgt Marilynne Robinson in ihrer Tetralogie den verzweigten Lebensläufen der Menschen in Gilead, einer kleinen Stadt im Mittleren Westen. Wie in einem Brennglas erfasst sie auf subtile und stille Art die Geschichte Amerikas.  »Alles, was Du verlierst, schreibt Robinson, gibt dir die Sehnsucht wieder, und auf diese eigensinnige, stille Weise gestaltet sie eine schöne und geheimnisvolle Welt.« Judith Hermann, Literaturspiegel, über »Lila« »Die Welt könnte mehr solcher Bücher gebrauchen.« Kathryn Schwille, The Atlanta Journal

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.