Marilynne Robinson is not a prolific author, but like fellow slow writers Thomas Pynchon and Alexander Theroux, each of her novels is a finely hewn literary masterpiece. Gilead reveals literature ...

Marilynne Robinson has never let the pressures of the publishing industry rush her to write her books. In fact, 23 years separate her first novel, “Housekeeping,” from her novel “Gilead ...

Robinson's latest Gilead novel centers on prodigal son Jack, newly released from prison and in love with a Black woman — a crime in 1950s Missouri. But it's not a pat tale of love overcoming racism.

As masterly as Gilead is, every novel Robinson has written since not only has improved on it but, by adding depth and complexity to its story, has in a very real sense improved it.Home (2008), which ...

Geraldine Brooks, author of “The Secret Chord,” picks Marilynne Robinson’s elegiac work “Gilead,” about an ailing minister who grapples with questions of faith, death and morality.

Their story in summary may look soppy or cringe-inducing, but is neither. Lila's voice, ... "Lila" is the final book in esteemed novelist Marilynne Robinson's "Gilead" trilogy.

Oprah chooses Marilynne Robinson’s ‘Gilead’ novels for book club Winfrey announced Tuesday that she has selected Robinson’s acclaimed quartet of “Gilead” narratives for her next book ...

Pacific Northwest readers were early adopters of the work of Marilynne Robinson; the Sandpoint native’s breakout novel, 1980’s “Housekeeping,” was set in a small Idaho town. When Robinson ...

Marilynne Robinson has never let the pressures of the publishing industry rush her to write her books. In fact, 23 years separate her first novel, “Housekeeping,” from her novel “Gilead ...