When I Was a Child I Read Books: Essays
of Marilynne Robinson
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Since the 1981 publication of Marilynne Robinsonâs novel, Housekeepingâa stunning debut that was nominated for the Pulitzer Prizeâshe has built a sterling reputation not only as a writer of sharp, subtly moving prose, but also as a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist. Her compelling and demanding collection The Death of Adamâin which she reflected on her Presbyterian upbringing, investigated the roots of Midwestern abolitionism, and mounted a memorable defense of Calvinismâis respected as a classic of the genre, praised by Doris Lessing as âa useful antidote to the increasingly crude and slogan-loving culture we inhabit.â In this new collection she returns to the themes which have preoccupied her work: the role of faith in modern life, the inadequacy of fact, the contradictions inherent in human nature. Clear-eyed and forceful as ever, Robinson demonstrates once again why she is regarded as a modern rhetorical master.
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- Format E-book
- Pages 224 pages
- Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Publication Date March 13th 2012
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9780374298784
- Edition Not informed
- Category Poetry & Essays
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