In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son, a kind of last testament to his remarkable forebears. 'It is a book of such meditative calm, such spiritual intensity that is seems miraculous that her silence was only for 23 years; such measure of wisdom is the fruit of a lifetime. Robinson's prose, aligned with the sublime simplicity of the language of the bible, is nothing short of a benediction. You might not share its faith, but it is difficult not to be awed moved and ultimately humbled by the spiritual effulgence that lights up the novel from within' Neel Mukherjee, The Times 'Writing of this quality, with an authority as unforced as the perfect pitch in music, is rare and carries with it a sense almost of danger - that at any moment, it might all go wrong. In Gilead, however, nothing goes wrong' Jane Shilling, Sunday Telegraph
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Marilynne Summers Robinson
Marilynne Robinson é uma premiada escritora e ensaista estadunidense. Robinson escreveu três aclamados romances: Housekeeping, em 1980, Gilead, em 2004, e Home, em 2008. Gilead ganhou o prémio Pulitzer de Ficção, e Home ganhou o Orange Prize for Fiction do Reino Unido. Gilead acompanha Home, focando ambos a família Boughton. É também autora de trabalhos não ficcionais, incluindo Mother Country: Britain, the Welfare State, and Nuclear Pollution, de 1989, e The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought, de 1998. Escreveu numerosos artigos, ensaios e críticas para a Harper's Magazine, para a The Paris Review e para a The New York Times Book Review. Na sua escrita, fortemente espiritual, é assumido, maioritariamente, um ponto de vista cristão sobre o mundo.
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