Marilynne Robinson Reihenfolge der Bücher

"Home" by Marilynne Robinson is a poignant retelling of the prodigal son parable, set in the same Iowa town as her acclaimed novel "Gilead." It explores the complex dynamics of family, secrets, and faith through the story of Jack Boughton, an alcoholic returning home, and his reconnection with his father and sister Glory.

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 great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, the eccentric and remote sister of their dead mother. The family house is in the small town of Fingerbone on a glacial lake in the Far West, the same lake where their grandfather died in a spectacular train wreck and their mother drove off a cliff to her death. It is a town "chastened by an outsized landscape and extravagant weather, and chastened again by an awareness that the whole of human history had occurred elsewhere." Ruth and Lucille's struggle toward adulthood beautifully illuminates the price of loss and survival, and the dangerous and deep undertow of transcience.

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

As the Reverend John Ames approaches the hour of his own death, he writes a letter to his son chronicling three previous generations of his family, a story that stretches back to the Civil War and reveals uncomfortable family secrets

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 of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In this new essay collection she trains her incisive mind on our modern political climate and the mysteries of faith. Whether she is investigating how the work of great thinkers about America like Emerson and Tocqueville inform our political consciousness or discussing the way that beauty informs and disciplines daily life, Robinson’s peerless prose and boundless humanity are on full display. What Are We Doing Here? is a call for Americans to continue the tradition of those great thinkers and to remake American political and cultural life as “deeply impressed by obligation [and as] a great theater of heroic generosity, which, despite all, is sometimes palpable still.”

Experience the wonder of the written word from some of the greatest writers of the modern age, with Faber Modern Classics. Housekeeping was chosen by Barbara Kingsolver for inclusion in our Modern Classics.

The Givenness of Things is Robinson unadorned, speaking her mind forthrightly, sometimes with frustration, often with dry humour . . . Robinson makes full use of her writerly imagination Herald

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015Lila, 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 Gileadand Orange Prize-winning Home, Lila is a moving expression of the mysteries of existence.

Marilynne Robinson ist die große amerikanische Erzählerin und Vorbild einer ganzen Generation von Autorinnen. In einem weit angelegten Romanzyklus spürt sie einfühlsam und eindringlich den ersten und den letzten Fragen nach. Unnachahmlich wie Alice Munro, eindringlich wie Siri Hustvedt. Lila ist ein Findelkind, das von einer Landstreicherin und Überlebenskünstlerin aufgegriffen wird. Als ungleiche Geschwister ziehen sie durch Amerikas harte Jahre, in denen Dürre und Hunger das Leben zeichnen. Als Erwachsene muss sich Lila alleine durchschlagen, bis sie eines Tages im Regen unerwartet einen Unterschlupf findet. Und mehr als das – sie wird mit der Sorge und Zartheit eines Mannes konfrontiert, der ihr Leben und alles, was sie bisher erfahren hat, auf den Kopf stellen wird. »Doch am Ende steht das Glück und die Rettung, und man begreift – auch so könnte eine Geschichte wirklich enden.« Zsuzsa Bánk »Was für ein Geschenk: Marilynne Robinsons Texte üben eine magische Wirkung aus.« Carolin Emcke »Ich liebe ihre Bücher.« Barack Obama