When I Was A Child Read Books

by Marilynne Robinson

On Sale: 03/20/2012

When I Was A Child Read Books

by Marilynne Robinson

On Sale: 03/20/2012

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About the Book

Since the 1981 publication of Marilynne Robinson’s novel Housekeeping—a stunning debut that was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize—she has built a 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 Adam—in which she reflected on her Presbyterian upbringing, investigated the roots of Midwestern abolitionism and mounted a memorable defense of Calvinism—is respected as a classic of the genre, praised by Doris Lessing as “a useful antidote to the increasingly crude and slogan-loving culture we inhabit.” In this new collection, she returns to the themes that 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.

Product Details

  • ISBN: 9781443410915
  • ISBN 10: 1443410918
  • Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
  • On Sale: 03/20/2012
  • Pages: 224
  • List Price:27.99 CAD
  • BISAC1 : LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays

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