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Gilead
Marilynne Robinson · 初版 2004 年
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荣获2005年PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION。1956年,在Reverend John Ames生命的晚期,他开始给年幼的儿子写一封信,讲述自己及其先辈的生平。Ames是一位爱荷华州传教士的儿子,他的祖父也是一名牧师,年轻时在缅因州曾看到基督身披锁链的异象,便西行前往堪萨斯州为废奴而战:他“用布道动员人们投身Civil War”,随后在五十岁时成为Union Army的随军牧师,并在战斗中失去了一只右眼。Reverend Ames在信中向儿子讲述了其父亲——一位坚定的和平主义者——与祖父之间的紧张关系
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虚构类推荐 Marilynne Robinson 的《Gilead》(基列家书)。Henry Adams 写的《The Jeffersonian Transformation》(摘自一部长篇巨制历史著作的第一章和最后一章),由 Gary Wills 选编并作序。
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson for fiction. The Jeffersonion Transformation (the first and last chapters of a much longer history) by Henry Adams, selected and introduced by Gary Wills.
Marilynne Robinson 的《Lila》(莱拉),和《Gilead》处于同一水准。我极力推荐。
Lila, by Marilynne Robinson, it's in the same league as Gilead. I highly recommend it.
“站在辩护的姿态上,关于上帝是说不出任何真理的。”——出自 Marilynne Robinson 的小说《Gilead》。我对这句引言的理解是:大多数人所认为的“护教学”(即通过争论来让人们相信基督教或其他某种宗教的事实是真实的)其实挺毫无意义的。……
"Nothing true can be said about God from a posture of defense." - from the novel Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson I take this quote to mean that most people's idea of "apologetics" (arguing to convince people that the facts of Christianity or some other religion are true) is kind of pointless.…