The Givenness of Things: Essays Contributor(s): Robinson, Marilynne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250097312 ISBN-13: 9781250097316 Publisher: Picador USA
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BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Religion | Christianity - General - Religion | Essays |
Dewey: 814.54 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" L (0.65 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
Features: Bibliography, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: WITH A TWO-PART INTERVIEW BETWEEN MARILYNNE ROBINSON AND PRESIDENT OBAMA THAT FIRST APPEARED IN THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS |
Contributor Bio(s): Robinson, Marilynne: - Marilynne Robinson is the recipient of a 2012 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama, for "her grace and intelligence in writing." She is the author of Gilead, winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Home, winner of the Orange Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Lila, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her first novel, Housekeeping, won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. Robinson's nonfiction books include The Givenness of Things, When I Was a Child I Read Books, Absence of Mind, The Death of Adam, and Mother Country, which was nominated for a National Book Award. She teaches at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop and lives in Iowa City. |
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