6/22/2023 0 Comments Home robinson novel![]() ![]() This is an apt lesson to take from a novel about Christian pastors, men charged with making meaning of essentially one story their entire life. They can be seen and heard again and grow more meaningful each time. In writing this deeply religious novel, Robinson reminds us that in a religious sense, what makes stories important is their retelling. Rest assured, calling Home a follow up is no criticism. Rather than writing a true sequel, as a follow up to Gilead, Robinson has given us an independent, concurrent story from the household of another dying minister, Reverend Robert Boughton, through the eyes of his daughter, Glory. To be fair, readers familiar with the parable of the prodigal son will have a good sense of all this, as well. What’s more, they’ll know before opening the book most of the back story and many of the secrets, fears, disappointments and, in their way, the graces that have shaped the lives of the two Iowan families depicted in these books. Readers familiar with Marilynne Robinson’s 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning Gileadwill already know the central plot of her new novel, Home. ![]() ![]() Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Marilynne Robinson ![]()
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