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When I Was a Child I Read Books: Essays

Marilynne Robinson

Kindle Edition | Pages: 224 pages

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Title	:	When I Was a Child I Read Books: Essays
Author	:	Marilynne Robinson
Book Format	:	Kindle Edition
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 224 pages
Published	:	March 13th 2012 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Categories	:	Writing. Essays. Nonfiction. Religion. Philosophy. Books About Books. Autobiography. Memoir. Literature

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Since the 1981 publication of Marilynne Robinson’s novel, Housekeeping—a stunning debut that was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize—she has built a sterling reputation not only as a writer of sharp, subtly moving prose, but also as a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist. Her compelling and demanding collection The Death of Adam—in which she reflected on her Presbyterian upbringing, investigated the roots of Midwestern abolitionism, and mounted a memorable defense of Calvinism—is respected as a classic of the genre, praised by Doris Lessing as “a useful antidote to the increasingly crude and slogan-loving culture we inhabit.”

In this new collection she returns to the themes which have preoccupied her work: the role of faith in modern life, the inadequacy of fact, the contradictions inherent in human nature. Clear-eyed and forceful as ever, Robinson demonstrates once again why she is regarded as a modern rhetorical master.

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I expected to read a sweet story of her life since the book says "when I was a child." but no. These were essays that I tried to so hard to make sense out of. It wasn't easy read. On page 6, she says, for instance, that William Tyndale created one of the undoubted masterpieces of the English language when he provided much of the most beautiful language in what is called by us the King James Bible. First, why isn't the style smoother? why the "in what is called by us blah blah"? Then she adds,

Sometimes I dislike a book and can't imagine anyone else liking it. This is not such a book. You might like it, but I didn't. I like essays, and her topics (mostly religion, intellectual history, American society/culture) are important and interesting. She teaches at U. Iowa writers' workshop, and I'm open to the possibility that I'm missing something about her writing, but whatever; i didn't care for it. Trying to analyze a little more deeply why not.....here's a typical excerpt, re John Shelby

What an amazing, thoughtful, intelligent, direct writer!! I was so impressed with the thought put into her various essays/arguments. She has some strong opinions and backs them up with powerful well thought out verbal stands. She is obviously well read and informed and is a compassionate person concerned about the current state of affairs of the human race. I recommended this book to everyone, but take it slowly!

First a caveat -- my rating is based on the 8 of the 10 essays that I understood. The first -- Freedom of Thought -- I found the most challenging and will have to read it again in order to figure out what the point is. The last -- Cosmology -- did not hang together for me. I think I got the point -- that science has not replaced God in understanding human nature -- but would have to read it again to follow the argument. The other 8 essays I found very interesting and thought they provided much

Ive only read Housekeeping by her so far, but I ended up loving it. Its very sad and nostalgic and deep. I wrote a huge term paper on the novel my

"I would say, for the moment, that community, at least community larger than the immediate family, consists very largely of imaginative love for people we do not know or whom we know very slightly. This thesis may be influenced by the fact that I have spent literal years of my life lovingly absorbed in the thoughts and perceptions of - who knows it better than I? - people who do not exist. And, just as writers are engrossed in the making of them, readers are profoundly moved and also influenced

At a time when peoples thoughts are reduced to 140 characters, instant gratification is the norm, everybodys talking but nobodys listening, and culture is reduced to the lowest common denominator, enter Marilynne Robinson. (Robinson rides into town with guns blazing). Now, here is a woman who stands out from the crowd. Wise. Articulate. Bold. A woman of discernment. A straight shooter. And probably most important of all -- a woman who reads. And just what is Marilynne reading, you ask? The list