When I Was a Child I Read Books

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
A New York Times Bestseller
A New York Magazine Best Book of the Year
An Economist Best Book of the Year
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of Gilead

Marilynne Robinson has built a sterling reputation as not only a major American novelist but also a rigorous thinker and an incisive essayist. In this lucid but impassioned collection, Robinson expands with renewed vigor the themes that have preoccupied her work. When I Was a Child I Read Books tackles the charged political and social climate in this country, the deeply embedded role of generosity in Christian faith, and the nature of individualism and the myth of the American West. Clear-eyed and forceful as ever, Robinson demonstrates once again why she is regarded as one of our essential writers.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 01/29/2013
ISBN: 9781250024053
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.52w x 0.55d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 03/31/2013 pg. 28