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Jack

byMarilynne Robinson

Focused on jack, Jack brings Marilynne Robinson's novel to a complex and consequential subject. The narrative identifies the people, decisions, and pressures that shaped the subject, then places those developments within the wider field of fiction. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant. Historical context and individual experience remain equally important to the book's explanation.

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Publication date

Sep 29, 2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

320

ISBN

9780374279301