![]() ![]() ![]() The journey the two of them embark on together must begin with love, Rune thinks. ![]() This is, after all, his own nightmare, though in his dream the culprit is always leprosy. ![]() Of Digby’s hands Verghese writes: “The spectacle of these ruined tools of a surgeon’s livelihood fills Rune with sorrow. These passages provide some of the book’s most moving and revelatory moments. Together, this quartet is known as the Gilead novels: 2004's Gilead, 2008's Home, 2014's Lila and 2020's Jack. When Digby, badly burned in an accidental fire, flees to a remote leprosy sanctuary to recover, he is slowly repaired there by the (marvelously drawn) Swedish village doctor Rune Orqvist. Oprah has a big announcement for book lovers: a new Oprah's Book Club selection The latest pick is not one, but four books, by Marilynne Robinson. Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead seriesGilead, Home, Lila, and Jackis an intergenerational story about faith, race, and love radiating out from the interwoven histories of two families in a small Iowa town to encompass all of American life: our ideals and beliefs, our contradictions, failings, and hopes. Verghese folds in major players, guiding them toward each other: the irresistible Digby Kilgour, a young medical graduate, migrates in 1933 from a nightmare childhood in Glasgow to Madras, India, to gain surgical experience: “The sight of suffering is familiar its language transcends all borders.” Medical crises incite action throughout the novel, allowing Verghese to tap into his deep experience and endearingly humane philosophy. ![]()
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