Bibliograph

Jack, Marilynne Robinson

Type

Label

Jack, Marilynne Robinson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Jack

Oclc number

1136958758

Responsibility statement

Marilynne Robinson

Series statement

Gilead, [4]

Summary

Marilynne Robinson's mythical world of Gilead, Iowa--the setting of her novels Gilead, Home, Lila, and now Jack--and its beloved characters have illuminated and interrogated the complexities of American history, the power of our emotions, and the wonders of a sacred world. In Jack, Robinson tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the prodigal son of Gilead's Presbyterian minister, and his romance with Della Miles, a high school teacher who is also the child of a minister. Their deeply felt, tormented, star-crossed interracial romance resonates with all the paradoxes of American life, then and now. Robinson's Gilead novels, which have won a Pulitzer Prize and two National Book Critics Circle Awards, are a vital contribution to contemporary American literature and a revelation of our national character and our humanity. --, From dust jacket

Target audience

adult

Creator