Robinson has plumbed the depths of the human spirit in her trilogy of novels - Pulitzer Prize-winning Gilead, Orange-Prize winning Homeand 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, Calvin and 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 THINGSis a reminder of what a marvel our existence is in its grandeur-and its humility.
- ISBN:
- 9780349007311
- 9780349007311
- Category:
- Literary essays
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 27-10-2015
- Publisher:
- Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Dimensions (mm):
- 222x141x27mm
- Weight:
- 0.52kg
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