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Auf dem Sterbebett schreibt John Ames einen Brief an seinen siebenjährigen Sohn. Dem Kind will er alles erklären: Die Einsicht, mit der man das eigene Leben auf einen Schlag begreift, den Trost, der in einer einzelnen Berührung liegen kann, und den Ort, der sein Ende beschließt: Gilead, die kleine Stadt unter dem unermesslichen Himmel des Westens, leicht wie Staub und so schwer wie die Welt.

A modern classic, Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, the eccentric and remote sister of their dead mother. The family house is in the small town of Fingerbone on a glacial lake in the Far West, the same lake where their grandfather died in a spectacular train wreck and their mother drove off a cliff to her death.

Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church - the only available shelter from the rain - and ignites a romance and a debate that will reshape her life. She becomes the wife of a minister, John Ames, and begins a new existence while trying to make sense of the life that preceded her newfound security.Neglected as a toddler, Lila was rescued by Doll, a canny young drifter, and brought up by her in a hardscrabble childhood.

In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son, an account of himself and his forebears. Ames is the son of an Iowan preacher and the grandson of a minister who, as a young man in Maine, saw a vision of Christ bound in chains and came west to Kansas to fight for abolition: He "preached men into the Civil War", then, at age 50, became a chaplain in the Union Army, losing his right eye in battle.

Glory Boughton, aged 38, has returned to Gilead to care for her dying father. Soon her brother, Jack - the prodigal son of the family, gone for 20 years - comes home too, looking for refuge and trying to make peace with a past littered with tormenting trouble and pain.

For generations, the book of Genesis has been treated by scholars as a collection of documents by various hands, expressing different factional interests, with borrowings from other ancient literatures that mark the text as derivative. In other words, academic interpretation of Genesis has centered on the question of its basic coherency, just as fundamentalist interpretation has centered on the question of the appropriateness of reading it as literally true.

Jack tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the loved and grieved-over prodigal son of a Presbyterian minister in Gilead, Iowa, a drunkard and a ne'er-do-well. In segregated St. Louis sometime after World War II, Jack falls in love with Della Miles, an African American high school teacher, also a preacher's child, with a discriminating mind, a generous spirit and an independent will. Their fraught, beautiful story is one of Robinson's greatest achievements.

Robinson tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the prodigal son of Gilead’s Presbyterian minister, and his romance with Della Miles, a high-school teacher who is also the child of a preacher. Their deeply felt, tormented, star-crossed interracial romance resonates with all the paradoxes of American life, then and now.

Senza un soldo, senza una casa, Jack passa la notte al Bellefontaine, il cimitero per bianchi di St. Louis. Là nessuno fa caso alla sua giacca sgualcita, al volto emaciato. Ma quella notte Jack non è solo. Una donna gentile cammina per gli stessi viali, una donna che non dovrebbe essere là. Da perfetto gentiluomo, che pure non è, Jack la scorterà fino al mattino cercando di proteggerla da pericoli e malintenzionati.

A modern classic, Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, their eccentric and remote aunt. The family house is in the small Far West town of Fingerbone, set on a glacial lake, the same lake where their grandfather died in a spectacular train wreck and their mother drove off a cliff to her death.

Jack Boughton - prodigal son - has been gone 20 years. He returns home seeking refuge and to make peace with the past. 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 Boughton's most beloved child.

Marilynne Robinson has built a sterling reputation as a writer of sharp, subtly moving prose, not only as a major American novelist but also as a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist. In When I Was a Child I Read Books, she returns to and expands upon the themes that have preoccupied her work with renewed vigor.

Glory, trentotto anni e il cuore a pezzi, torna nella natia Gilead per prendersi cura del padre, il pastore Robert Boughton. Pochi mesi dopo bussa alla porta di casa anche Jack, la pecora nera della famiglia, il figlio piú amato, il piú corrotto, il piú smarrito. Quel ritorno tanto atteso mette l'anziano padre di fronte alla paura di farsi ancora del male, al dovere della comprensione, alla vera natura dell'amore.

Lila porta con sé un bagaglio fatto soltanto di ricordi e delusioni quando raggiunge la cittadina di Gilead. Ma, varcando per la prima volta la soglia di una chiesa in cerca di un riparo, incontra la voce calda e sicura del reverendo John Ames e finalmente può smettere di combattere. Non importa che lui sia colto e lei ignorante, non importa da quale inferno venga lei o quanta vita abbia davanti lui. Non importa che lei abbia fatto la prostituta né che lui abbia visto morire la moglie e il figlio che stava mettendo al mondo.

Gilead é o segundo romance de uma das mais brilhantes autoras americanas contemporâneas, que compõe com sua escrita um bordado ao mesmo tempo sutil e avassalador — certamente um desafio a uma tradução tão primorosa como essa, de Maria Helena Rouanet. Esse livro é uma declaração de amor incondicional à vida, mesmo assombrada por Deus e um lamento por sua brevidade. Aclamado pela crítica e pelo público, foi o vencedor do Pulitzer de 2005.

John Ames Boughton, Jack, er den fortabte søn af Gileads presbyterianske præst. Han er stukket af hjemmefra og lever som hjemløs i St. Louis. Her forelsker han sig voldsomt i den afro-amerikanske Della Miles, en generøs, uafhængig high school-lærer, der også er barn af en prædikant. Jack og Dellas dybtfølte, plagede og uheldsvangre kærlighedshistorie i 1950’ernes segregerede St. Louis resonerer med alle paradokser i det amerikanske liv - dengang og nu. En fortælling om skyld, skam, kærlighed, forventninger, skuffelse og et møde i poesien.

"Hjemme" udspiller sig i 1956 i Gilead, den lille by i Iowa, hvor også Marilynne Robinsons forrige roman, "Gilead", foregik. Denne gang er vi i hjemmet hos pastor Robert Boughton, John Ames' nærmeste ven. Glory Boughton er i en alder af 38 år modvilligt vendt tilbage til Gilead for at pleje sin døende far. Snart kommer også hendes bror, Jack, hjem - efter at have været bortrejst i tyve år.

Marilynne Robinson discusses her Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times best-selling second novel, the lyrical, luminous, unforgettable story of minister John Ames, as told poetically in a long letter to his young son. His powerful story spans three generations from the Civil War to the twentieth century. This is a book that is being passed hand to hand and that booksellers nationwide are recommending.