The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought

American culture is enriched by having the whole range of Marilynne Robinson's work Jane Vanderburgh, The Boston Globe

A valuable contribution to American life and letters. Kathleen Norris

A useful antidote to the increasingly crude and slogan-loving culture we inhabit. Doris Lessing

Robinson's thinking is all in the service of humanity's survival, spiritually and environmentally. Charles Baxter

One of Robinson's great merits as an essayist is her refusal to take her opinions secondhand. Her book is a goad to renewed curiosity. The New York Times Book Review

American culture is enriched by having the whole range of Marilynne Robinson's work --Jane Vanderburgh, The Boston Globe

A valuable contribution to American life and letters. --Kathleen Norris

A useful antidote to the increasingly crude and slogan-loving culture we inhabit. --Doris Lessing

Robinson's thinking is all in the service of humanity's survival, spiritually and environmentally. --Charles Baxter

One of Robinson's great merits as an essayist is her refusal to take her opinions secondhand. Her book is a goad to renewed curiosity. --The New York Times Book Review

Marilynne Robinson is the author of the modern classic Housekeeping--winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award--and two books of nonfiction, Mother Country (FSG, 1989) and The Death of Adam. She teaches at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.