Jack
Author
Contributors
Robinson, Marilynne Author
Series
Gilead novels volume 4
Published
Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2020.
Appears on list
Status
Checked Out
Description
A New York Times bestsellerNamed a Best Book of 2020 by the Australian Book Review, AV Club, Books-a-Million, Electric Literature, Esquire, the Financial Times, Good Housekeeping (UK), The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Literary Hub, the New Statesman, the New York Public Library, NPR, the Star Tribune, and TIMEMarilynne Robinson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Humanities Medal, returns to the world of Gilead with Jack, the latest novel in one of the great works of contemporary American fictionMarilynne Robinson’s mythical world of Gilead, Iowa—the setting of her novels Gilead, Home, and 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. Jack is Robinson’s fourth novel in this now-classic series. In it, 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 preacher. 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 one 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 humanity.
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Robinson's and Haruf's literary, psychologically focused novels compassionately portray interactions among their characters while believably illuminating their inner lives; along with the internal landscapes, their writing evokes a strong sense of place. -- Katherine Johnson
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Robinson, M. (2020). Jack . Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Robinson, Marilynne. 2020. Jack. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Robinson, Marilynne. Jack Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Robinson, M. (2020). Jack. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Robinson, Marilynne. Jack Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
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