Set in post-World War II St. Louis, Missouri, Marilynne Robinson’s Jack follows the story of Della Miles and Jack Boughton, an interracial couple who face massive resistance from their community and family in their quest to be together. It focuses on the experience of Jack, a white outsider who has spent time in prison, as he attempts to reform himself and win the approval of Della’s family. Robinson employs Jack’s story to address, among others, themes of race, faith, inevitability, and existence.
Marilynne Robinson earned her reputation as one of the best contemporary writers with Housekeeping (1980), a first novel now considered an American classic. Remarkable not only for the lyricism of its...
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