The Givenness Of Things

  • Format
  • Bog, paperback
  • Engelsk
  • 336 sider

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A profound essay collection from the beloved author of Gilead, Houskeeping and Lila, including Marilynne Robinson's conversation with President Barack Obama.

'Grace and intelligence ...[her work] defines universal truths about what it means to be human' BARACK OBAMA

Robinson has plumbed the depths of the human spirit in her trilogy of novels - Pulitzer Prize-winning Gilead, Orange-Prize winning Home and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Lila - and in her moving essay collection When I Was a Child I Read Books.

Now, in The Givenness of Things, she brings a profound sense of awe and an incisive mind to the essential questions of contemporary life and faith. Through fourteen essays of remarkable depth and insight, Robinson explores the dilemmas of our modern predicament. How has our so-called Christian nation strayed from so many of the teachings of Christ? How could the great minds of the past, like Calvin, Locke and Shakespeare, guide our lives? And what might the world look like if we could see the sacredness in each other?

Exquisite and bold, these essays are a necessary call for us to find wisdom and guidance in our cultural treasures, to seek humanity and compassion in each other. The Givenness of Things is a reminder of what a marvel our existence is in its grandeur - and its humility.

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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal336
  • Udgivelsesdato25-10-2016
  • ISBN139780349007335
  • Forlag Virago Press Ltd
  • FormatPaperback
Størrelse og vægt
  • Vægt234 g
  • Dybde2,9 cm
  • coffee cup img
    10 cm
    book img
    12,8 cm
    19,8 cm

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