Lila

Paperback Published on: 01/10/2015
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Synopsis

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD

AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK

Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church - the
only available shelter from the rain - and ignites a romance and a debate that will reshape her life.

'One of the greatest living novelists' BRYAN APPLEYARD, SUNDAY TIMES

'Robinson is frequently named as one of America's most significant writers . . . Her questioning books express wonder: they are enlightening, in the best sense, passionately contesting our facile, recycled understanding of ourselves and of our world' SARAH CHURCHWELL, GUARDIAN

'The work of an exceptional novelist' ROWAN WILLIAMS, NEW STATESMAN

'A sumptuous, graceful and ultimately life-affirming novel' JAMES KIDD, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

'Great and luminous beauty . . . a book that leaves the reader feeling what can only be called exaltation' NEEL MUKHERJEE, INDEPENDENT

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • ISBN: 9781844088829
  • Number of pages: 272
  • Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 18 mm
  • Weight: 220g
  • Languages: English

Customer Reviews

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Lila
FFO: Great American Literature
Reading this one at the moment, and what a ruddy lovely one it is!
Colin Russell
Lila
A Masterpiece from one of the US's greatest living writers
The third in the Gilead trilogy (although it is not necessary to have read either 'Home' or 'Gilead' to follow and enjoy 'Lila'), that takes place in Robin... READ MORE
Jess, Bookseller Brighton
Lila
Beautifully written
I've never read any books by this author before, and was instantly struck by how well written it is. It's told from the point of view of Lila, an orphan wh... READ MORE
Simone Frost
Lila
Companion book to Gilead
Makes the pair very readable
Lindy Clydesdale