Marilynne Robinson

  ,Since the 1981 publication of Marilynne Robinsonâ€™s novel, ,Housekeeping,â€”a stunning debut that was nominated for the Pulitzer Prizeâ€”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. Her compelling and demanding collection ,The Death of Adam,â€”in which she reflected on her Presbyterian upbringing, investigated the roots of Midwestern abolitionism, and mounted a memorable defense of Calvinismâ€”is respected as a classic of the genre, praised by Doris Lessing as â€œa 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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