When I Was a Child: A 'When I Was a Child I Read Books' Essay

When I Was a Child: A 'When I Was a Child I read Books' Essat by Marilynne Robinson

Marilynne Robinson has built a sterling reputation as a writer of sharp, subtly moving prose, not only as a major American novelist, but also as a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist. In When I Was a Child I Read Books she returns to and expands upon the themes which have preoccupied her work with renewed vigor.