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Zusatztext From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and American National Humanities Medal comes Jack, an exploration into faith and pastoralism set in the richly imagined community of Gilead. Touching on themes of love, racism and religion in post-World War II small-town America, it's a fraught love story between John and Della. Praised for being one of Robison's greatest achievements, it's no wonder this featured in Obama's favourites Informationen zum Autor Marilynne Robinson is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Women's Prize for Fiction and she has twice been nominated for the International Booker Prize. In 2013 she was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama. She lives in Iowa. Klappentext `Grace and intelligence ... defines universal truths about what it means to be human' Barack ObamaFrom one of the English language's great writers. Revisiting her beloved characters, Jack joins Gilead , winner of the Pulitzer; Home, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction and Lila , which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. This is the compassionate and heart-breaking story of the wayward son, Jack Boughton. Zusammenfassung From one of the English language's great writers. Revisiting her beloved characters, Jack joins Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer; Home, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction and Lila, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. This is the compassionate and heart-breaking story of the wayward son, Jack Boughton.
