by Marilynne Robinson · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780312424091
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«Housekeeping» is Marilynne Robinson's debut novel, published by Picador in paperback (219 pages, in English).
The novel follows sisters Ruth and Lucille, who grow up in Fingerbone after losing their mother; first they are cared for by their grandmother and great-aunts, and then by Sylvie, the wandering aunt who brings an unstable way of life into the house. The novel explores loss, memory and transience.
Housekeeping was originally published in 1980. The work received the PEN/Hemingway Award, was a finalist for the National Book Award and a candidate for the Pulitzer Prize.
Aimed at readers of literary fiction and coming-of-age novels, especially those seeking intimate stories about family and grief.
Marilynne Summers Robinson is an American novelist and essayist. Across her writing career, Robinson has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005, National Humanities Medal in 2012, and the 2016 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. In 2016, Robinson was named in Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people. Robinson began teaching at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1991 and retired in the spring of 2016.
