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Marilynne Robinson, Part I

Gilead (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) The loveliness of life, life itself as a blessing, is the subject of Marilynne Robinson's beautiful book. In this first of a two-part conversation, we discuss her narrator, a preacher, and his troubled relations with the world and the people around him.

By Michael Silverblatt • Mar 17, 2005 • 30m Listen

Gilead

(Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Marilynne Robinson's beautiful book. In this first of a two-part conversation, we discuss her narrator, a preacher, and his troubled relations with the world and the people around him. (

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Marilynne Robinson, Part I

Gilead (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) The loveliness of life, life itself as a blessing, is the subject of Marilynne Robinson's beautiful book. In this first of a two-part conversation, we discuss her narrator, a preacher, and his troubled relations with the world and the people around him.

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Marilynne Robinson, Part I

Gilead (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) The loveliness of life, life itself as a blessing, is the subject of Marilynne Robinson's beautiful book. In this first of a two-part conversation, we discuss her narrator, a preacher, and his troubled relations with the world and the people around him.

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