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A life in writing: Marilynne Robinson (Guardian Unlimited)

The Orange prize favourite explains why ‘the small drama of conversation’ is more interesting to her than adventures writers ‘have read about in a brochure’ The small town of Gilead, in which two of Marilynne Robinson’s three novels are set, is “a dogged little outpost” in Iowa, where her characters live modestly and scorn themselves for staying put. They don’t go anywhere, do anything, see …

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A life in writing: Marilynne Robinson (Guardian Unlimited)

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