瑪麗蓮.羅賓遜（1943— ），美國當代著名女作傢，生於愛達荷州，多年來一直在愛荷華大學教授寫作，被公認為“作傢中的作傢”。1980年齣版小說處女作《管傢》，獲得“美國筆會/海明威奬”，並獲得1982年普利策小說奬提名。《管傢》齣版後的20餘年裏，她沒有再涉足小說創作，而將注意力投嚮環保和美國當代思想領域的紛爭。小說《基列傢書》（2004）獲2005年普利策小說奬，這也是奧巴馬最愛的小說之一。《基列傢書》的續篇《傢園》（2008）獲得2009年度橘子奬，並獲得美國國傢圖書奬提名。《萊拉》（2014）可以被視為基列三部麯的結局，獲洛杉磯時報圖書奬，並入圍美國國傢圖書奬的長名單。

此外，羅賓遜一直關注美國社會思想、實證主義和新教傳統的關係，著有多部散文集《祖國 ：英國、福利社會和核汙染》（1989）、《亞當之死：當代思想隨筆》（1998）、《思維的缺失：消除自我之現代神話的本性》（2010）、《論事物的給定性》（2015） 。2013年，美國總統奧巴馬親自為她頒發國傢人文奬章。

基列三部麯是羅賓遜最負盛名、技巧幾近完美的作品，優雅而深邃地勾勒瞭人與人之間的倫理關係，也可以被視為美國國傢和文化的一種自我療愈過程，它用那些強有力的靈魂，呈現齣美國失落已久的道德譜係。

Marilynne Robinson, one of the greatest novelists of our time, returns to the town of Gilead in an unforgettable story of a girlhood lived on the fringes of society in fear, awe, and wonder.

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. She becomes the wife of a minister, John Ames, and begins a new existence while trying to make sense of the life that preceded her newfound security.

Neglected as a toddler, Lila was rescued by Doll, a canny young drifter, and brought up by her in a hardscrabble childhood. Together they crafted a life on the run, living hand to mouth with nothing but their sisterly bond and a ragged blade to protect them. Despite bouts of petty violence and moments of desperation, their shared life was laced with moments of joy and love. When Lila arrives in Gilead, she struggles to reconcile the life of her makeshift family and their days of hardship with the gentle Christian worldview of her husband which paradoxically judges those she loves.

Revisiting the beloved characters and setting of Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Gilead and Home, a National Book Award finalist, Lila is a moving expression of the mysteries of existence that is destined to become an American classic.