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Gilead (Oprah's Book Club) A Novel

Marilynne Robinson

A 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 f...

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He cited a favorite line from it while discussing themes of paying attention to the world.

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One of my favorite lines in all literature is from Marilyn Robinson's Gilead, where her narrator says in a letter to his son, this is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give...

— Episode: Emily St. John Mandel on Time Travel, Pa...

Episode: Emily St. John Mandel on Time Travel, Parenting an...

He cited a favorite line from it while discussing themes of paying attention to the world.

"

One of my favorite lines in all literature is from Marilyn Robinson's Gilead, where her narrator says in a letter to his son, this is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it.

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