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Marilynne Robinson wins the 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction
'This year's Orange Prize winner has a luminous quality to it that has drawn all of the judges to a unanimous decision. The profound nature of the writing stood out, as has the ability of writer to draw the reader into a world of hope expectation, misunderstanding, love and kindness.' Fi Glover, chair of judges
watch the awards ceremony video'Robinson makes us understand home isn’t just a place—it’s something we carry with us.'
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synopsis
Jack – prodigal son of the Broughton family, godson and namesake of John Ames (main protagonist of Robinson’s previous novel), gone twenty years, has returned home looking for refuge and to try to make peace with a past littered with trouble and pain. A bad boy from childhood, an alcoholic who cannot hold down a job, Jack is perpetually at odds with his surroundings and with his traditionalist father, though he remains Broughton’s most beloved child.
His sister Glory has also returned to Gilead, fleeing her own mistakes, to care for their dying father. Brilliant, loveable, wayward, Jack forges an intense new bond with Glory and engages painfully with his father and his father’s old friend, John Ames.
Marilynne Robinson
is the author of the novels Housekeeping (1981), chosen as one of the Observer’s 100 greatest novels of all time, received the PEN/Hemingway Award for the best first novel and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and Gilead (2004) which won the Pulitzer and the National Book Critics Circle Award. She has also written two works of non-fiction, Mother Country and The Death of Adam, and teaches at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
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martin
Jun 12th, 2009 at 11:03:17 hrs
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Jun 12th, 2009 at 11:05:46 hrs
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KKishimoto
Jun 6th, 2009 at 07:31:10 hrs
Conglaturations (from Japan), Marilynne! It's Great! There surely must be plenty of balms to restore health of the people. Since I met your 'Gilead', I have been so pleased of reading all of your writings. I am a 75-years-old pastor of a Congregational Church(United Church of Christ)in Japan. Rev. Kazuyo Kishimoto
RuFreeman
Jun 9th, 2009 at 18:38:15 hrs
Congratulations Marilynne - what an impressive line up and an impressive winner! Looking forward to more good work.