{"product_id":"what-are-we-doing-here-essays-paperback","title":"What Are We Doing Here?: Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarilynne Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew essays on theological, political, and contemporary themes, by the Pulitzer Prize winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarilynne Robinson has plumbed the human spirit in her renowned novels, including \u003ci\u003eLila\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and \u003ci\u003eGilead\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In this new essay collection she trains her incisive mind on our modern political climate and the mysteries of faith. Whether she is investigating how the work of great thinkers about America like Emerson and Tocqueville inform our political consciousness or discussing the way that beauty informs and disciplines daily life, Robinson's peerless prose and boundless humanity are on full display. \u003ci\u003eWhat Are We Doing Here?\u003c\/i\u003e is a call for Americans to continue the tradition of those great thinkers and to remake American political and cultural life as \"deeply impressed by obligation  and as] a great theater of heroic generosity, which, despite all, is sometimes palpable still.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarilynne Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eLila, Home\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGilead\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), and \u003ci\u003eHousekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e, and the nonfiction books \u003ci\u003eThe Givenness of Things\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhen I Was a Child I Read Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMother Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Death of Adam\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAbsence of Mind\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Iowa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761000349984,"sku":"9781250310385","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e2b31306f3d9ecf0ff5ab89c8597dd8f.webp?v=1780196717","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/what-are-we-doing-here-essays-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}