![]() ![]() It is wonderful and amazing that my books will have the kind of attention only she could bring to them. Robinson, whose other admirers include Winfrey's friend former President Barack Obama, said in a statement that "Oprah Winfrey is a singular voice in this country and in the world. More: ‘Jack’ review: Marilynne Robinson’s latest Gilead novel a star-crossed interracial romance I am looking forward to going on this journey with our Book Club community over the coming months," Winfrey said in a statement. "As I was recently reading author Marilynne Robinson's latest novel, 'Jack,' I thought it would be wonderful to explore her entire Gilead universe through these four novels. ![]() ![]() Robinson won the Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for "Gilead," the first of her books set in the fictional Iowa town of Gilead, and she has followed with "Home," "Lila" and "Jack." Winfrey announced Tuesday that she has selected Robinson's acclaimed quartet of "Gilead" narratives for her next book club selection. I told you last night that I might be gone sometime, and you said, Where, and I said, To be with the Good Lord, and you said, Why, and I. NEW YORK (AP) - Besides working on her newsmaking interview with Meghan and Prince Harry, Oprah Winfrey has been busy with the novels of Marilynne Robinson. Gilead is the long-hoped-for second novel by one of our finest writers, a hymn of praise and lamentation to the God-haunted existence that Reverend Ames loves passionately, and from which he will soon part. Watch Video: Meghan, Harry and Oprah talk about royal rift ![]()
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