EAN: 9780349011790

JACK - MARILYNNE ROBINSON KARTONIERT (TB)

'Grace and intelligence . . . Marilynne Robinson defines universal truths about what it means
to be human' Barack Obama Setting her novel after World War II  just before Gilead  Home and
Lila  Marilynne Robinson returns to the world of Gilead. Jack  the grieved-over prodigal son  a
drunkard and a ne'er-do-well has left home for St Louis. In that segregated city Jack falls in
love with an African-American high school teacher  also a preacher's child. Della Miles is a
woman with a discriminating mind  a generous spirit and an independent will. Jack is their
fraught and beautiful love story. 'An unlikely love story  both funny and sublime: we see two
souls awakening to love in that down-to-earth yet transcendent vein that is Robinson's special
hallmark' Nonnie Minogue  Literary Review 'Jack fits beautifully into the subtle weave of
Robinson's Gilead books . . . could perfectly well be read on its own' Erica Wagner  Financial
Times 'An immensely satisfying and bittersweet end to an astonishing series . . . They are
beautiful  and they are true' Stuart Kelly  Scotsman

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