RaveThe Los Angeles Review of Books\"Marilynne Robinson always been a theologian at heart...It just so happens that Robinson’s theology has taken shape in essays, novels, and prose so patient and unpatronizing that it’s embarrassing how long one sometimes takes to catch the point ... To seasoned readers of Robinson, this will come as no surprise; she has never written for anyone’s approval. Her work is not so much out of fashion as devoid of its possibility. Robinson is fashionless ... Robinson’s astonishment pervades the book. It’s infectious. The style is lyrical and leisurely as ever; it is clear that this text is her native soil. Readers unfamiliar with Genesis will see how deeply her novels are suffused with its spirit and major themes ... In Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Marilynne Robinson sees the momentous beginning of divine grace in human history. From them, it radiates outward and onward, down through the centuries; through their story, we may learn from and even imitate this incomparable godlikeness. For this reason, she can say, or rather confess, that in maintaining and handing on the book of Genesis, the Jewish people \'have preserved the world’s best hope.\'\
Marilynne Robinson
RaveLos Angeles Review of BooksTo seasoned readers of Robinson, this will come as no surprise; she has never written for anyone’s approval. Her work is not so much out of fashion as devoid of its possibility ... Robinson’s astonishment pervades the book. It’s infectious. The style is lyrical and leisurely as ever; it is clear that this text is her native soil.
