What Are We Doing Here?

Essays

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Author:

Robinson, Marilynne

ISBN:

978-1-250-31038-5

Publication Date:

Feb 2019

Publisher:

Picador

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

USD $18.00

Book Description:

New essays on theological, political, and contemporary themes, by the Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson has plumbed the human spirit in her renowned novels, including Lila, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In this new essay collection she trains her incisive mind on our modern political climate and the mysteries of faith. Whether she is...
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Book Details

Pages:	336
Detailed Subjects:	Philosophy / Political History / United States / General Religion / Christian Theology / General Literary Collections / Essays Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	5.44 x 8.33 x 0.91 Inches
Book Weight:	0.63 Pounds

Author Biography

Robinson, Marilynne (Author)

Marilynne Robinson's first novel, Housekeeping, won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. Her other novels include Mother Country and Lila. Gilead won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award and Home won the Orange Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her nonfiction books include When I Was a Child I Read Books, Absence of Mind, and The Death of Adam. She was the recipient of a 2012 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama. She received the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction in 2016. She has been named the winner of the Richard C Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award as part of the 2016 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. She was included on Time magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

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