Jack
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- 149,00 kr
Publisher Description
'Grace and intelligence . . . [her work] defines universal truths about what it means to be human' BARACK OBAMA
'Radiant and visionary' SARAH PERRY, GUARDIAN
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020
AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK
Marilynne Robinson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the American National Humanities Medal, returns to the world of Gilead with Jack, the final in one of the great works of contemporary American fiction.
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.
'Jack is the fourth in Robinson's luminous, profound Gilead series and perhaps the best yet' OBSERVER
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Jack Boughton, a white preacher’s son from Iowa, has fallen in love with Della Miles, a black schoolteacher living in segregated, post–World War II St. Louis. Though their affair begins with all the giddiness of a new crush, soon the harsh realities of an interracial relationship in the Jim Crow era become undeniable. Part of Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer-winning Gilead series, Jack is a tragic love story that stands beautifully on its own, though fans of the previous books will relish the chance to dive this deep into fascinating characters they’ve met before. Narrator Adam Verner’s subtle, intimate delivery made us feel like a fly on the wall for Jack and Della’s achingly emotional story, drawing us into the realities of a troubled time in American history that still reverberates throughout our culture today. The characters in this sweeping novel may be fictional, but the world they live in—and the journey they take us on as a listener—is intensely real.
