THE DEATH OF ADAM
by ROBINSON, MARILYNNE
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET
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BURLINGTON, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
BOSTON, MA: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO. FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. PUB 1998. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. AUTHOR'S THIRD BOOK AND WINNER OF THE 1999 PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY . BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS FINE AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. .
Synopsis
In the tradition of nineteenth-century novelists who turned to the essay, Marilynne Robinson offers a beautiful and authoritative approach to refining the ideas our culture has handed down to us. Whether considering how the McGuffey readers were inspired by midwestern abolitionists; how creationism, "long owned by the Religious Right," has spurred on contemporary Darwinism; or how John Calvin, who was a Frenchman in Geneva, points to America's continental origins, Robinson writes with great conviction. Her essays are filled with the excitement of discovery. "Who can imagine how the things we call ideas live in the world," she writes, "or how they change, or how they perish, or how they can be renewed." In these ten essays, Marilynne Robinson brilliantly addresses subjects that have become the territory of specialists - religion, history, the state of society. The writing is "contrarian in method and spirit," as she states in her introduction, but "Who can imagine how the things we call ideas live in the world, or how they change, or how they perish, or how they can be renewed?" In the tradition of nineteenth-century novelists who turned to the essay, Marilynne Robinson offers a beautiful and authoritative approach to refining the ideas our culture has handed down to us. Whether considering how the McGuffey readers were inspired by Midwestern abolitionists; how Creationism, "long owned by the Religious Right," has spurred on contemporary Darwinism; or how John Calvin, who was a Frenchman in Geneva, points to America's continental origins, Robinson writes meticulously and with great conviction. Her essays are filled with the excitement of discovery.
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- JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- COLLECTI012281I
- Title
- THE DEATH OF ADAM
- Author
- ROBINSON, MARILYNNE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO
- Place of Publication
- BOSTON, MA
- Date Published
- PUB 1998
- Keywords
- AUTHOR'S THIRD BOOK AND WINNER OF THE 1999 PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL, AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY, ESSAYS, PEN AWARD
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