Which book by Robinson is about Ruth and her sister Lucille?
Housekeeping.
When was it written?
1980.
How many years passed before she wrote another novel?
More than twenty.
What did she write in between?
Nonfiction.
What did she publish in 1989?
Mother Country: Britain.
And where did some of her essays and book reviews show up?
Harper's and The New York Times Book Review
What did she publish in 1998?
The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought,
What figures did it reassess?
Charles Darwin and John Calvin.
What single short story did she write?
Connie Bronson
What did Anatole Broyard say about Housekeeping?
"It's as if, in writing it, she broke through the ordinary human condition with all its dissatisfactions, and achieved a kind of transfiguration
Who published Connie Bronson?
The Paris Review.
In what year?
1986
When did Robinson start writing fiction again?
2004
What was the name of the novel she wrote then?
Gilead.
When does her novel, Home, come out?
This fall.
What happens to Ruth and Lucille's mother in Housekeeping?
She commits suicide.
Who takes care of them then?
Their Aunt Sylvie.
What does the book Gilead center on?
John Ames.
How old is Ames?
77.
Who is he writing his book for?
His son.