She will also conduct an interview with the author-whom Oprah calls “a philosopher/teacher, as well as one of our most important fiction writers,” which will air on dates to be determined on Apple TV+.
A reading schedule will be posted on the Oprah's Book Club social platforms. Over the next two months, Oprah will lead an exploration of the universe of Gilead beginning with Gilead. It is wonderful and amazing that my books will have the kind of attention only she could bring to them.” This is the first time in Oprah's Book Club history that four works have been announced as selections simultaneously. Marilynne Robinson had this to say in response to the news: “Oprah Winfrey is a singular voice in this country and in the world. Shop Amazon Shop Apple Shop IndieBound Shop Barnes and Noble
Robinson returned to Gilead, Iowa and the characters who populated that fictional town three more times subsequently in the books- Home (2008) and Lila (2014), and, most recently, Jack. As we turn the pages, we begin to realize that the story is not just one man's: It's a profound meditation on existence itself. In reading Jack, Oprah was reminded of when she’d first encountered Robinson’s 2004 novel, Gilead, which struck her as “sublime.” That book is narrated by a dying Congregationalist minister from Gilead, Iowa named John Ames who's reflecting back on his life in a quest to share all he’s experienced and learned with his young son. Yet it's a timeless tale of deep connection despite circumstance, of frailty, of familial bonds, of inequality, and of what it means to be human. The story-of the forbidden love between a down-on-his-luck white man and the prim and proper Black woman who’s come to occupy his mind and heart-is set in the mid-20 th century. Late last year, Oprah picked up a copy of Jack by Marilynne Robinson. Robinson is "one of our greatest living writers," Oprah says.Together, this quartet is known as the Gilead novels: 2004's Gilead, 2008's Home, 2014's Lila, and 2020's Jack.Oprah's latest Book Club pick is not one, but four books, by Marilynne Robinson.
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