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Marilynne Robinson


USA flag (b.1944)

Marilynne Robinson is the author of the bestselling novels Home, Gilead (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), Housekeeping, and two books of nonfiction, Mother Country and The Death of Adam. She teaches at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.
 

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
March 2024

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Reading Genesis
 
Series
Gilead
   1. Gilead (2004)
   2. Home (2008)
   3. Lila (2014)
   4. Jack (2020)
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Novels
   Housekeeping (1981)
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Non fiction show
 
Marilynne Robinson recommends
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The Unsettled (2023)
Ayana Mathis
"Shelter without the grace of welcome is exposure to the worst coldness of the world. Loyalty and the offer of comfort satisfy needs we feel in our bones. In The Unsettled, Ayana Mathis brings these extremes of experience intensely to life. This is a fine, powerful book."
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Foregone (2021)
Russell Banks
"Foregone is a subtle meditation on a life composed of half-forgotten impulses and their endless consequences, misapprehensions of others that are accepted and exploited almost passively, a minor heroism that is only enhanced by demurral. In the rages of a sick old man profound questions arise--what is a life? A self? And what is lost when truth destroys the fabrications that sustain other lives?"
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Aerialists (2018)
Mark Mayer
"Mayer's stories are singular, as intimate as dreaming."

Anthologies containing stories by Marilynne Robinson
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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2016 (2016)
(Best American Nonrequired Reading)
edited by
Rachel Kushner

Awards
PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction Best Book nominee (1982) : Housekeeping
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (1982) : Housekeeping
PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction Best Book nominee (2005) : Gilead
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Best Book winner (2005) : Gilead
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2006) : Gilead
National Book Award for Fiction Best Book nominee (2008) : Home
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book winner (2009) : Home
Women's Prize For Fiction Best Novel nominee (2009) : Home
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards Best Novel nominee (2010) : Home
National Book Award for Fiction Best Book nominee (2014) : Lila
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2015) : Lila
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards Best Book nominee (2016) : Lila


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