When I Was a Child I Read Books (Hardback)
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Short Description for When I Was a Child I Read Books Since the 1981 publication of Robinson's novel, "Housekeeping," she has built a sterling reputation not only as a writer of sharp, subtly moving prose, but also as a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist. 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.
Full description- Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
- Published: 13 March 2012
- Format: Hardback 206 pages
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- Categories: Literary Essays | Religion
- ISBN 13: 9780374298784 ISBN 10: 0374298785
- Sales rank: 34,202
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Full description for When I Was a Child I Read Books
Marilynne Robinson has built a sterling reputation as a writer of sharp, subtly moving prose, not only as a major American novelist, but also as a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist. In" When I Was a Child I Read Books" she returns to and expands upon the themes which have preoccupied her work with renewed vigor. In "Austerity as Ideology," she tackles the global debt crisis, and the charged political and social political climate in this country that makes finding a solution to our financial troubles so challenging. In "Open Thy Hand Wide" she searches out the deeply embedded role of generosity in Christian faith. And in "When I Was a Child," one of her most personal essays to date, an account of her childhood in Idaho becomes an exploration of individualism and the myth of the American West. Clear-eyed and forceful as ever, Robinson demonstrates once again why she is regarded as one of our essential writers.
