{"product_id":"bxbfl-what-are-we-doing-here-9780374282219","title":"What Are We Doing Here?","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew essays on theological, political, and contemporary themes by the Pulitzer Prize winner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"444\" data-start=\"137\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eMarilynne Robinson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e has plumbed the human spirit in her renowned novels, including \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eLila\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eGilead\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"894\" data-start=\"446\"\u003eIn this new essay collection, she trains her incisive mind on the modern political climate and the mysteries of faith. Whether she is investigating how the work of great thinkers about America, like \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eRalph Waldo Emerson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eAlexis de Tocqueville\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, informs political consciousness, or discussing the way beauty shapes and disciplines daily life, Robinson’s peerless prose and boundless humanity are on full display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"1190\" data-start=\"896\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eWhat Are We Doing Here?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is a call for Americans to continue the tradition of those great thinkers and to remake American political and cultural life as “deeply impressed by obligation [and as] a great theater of heroic generosity, which, despite all, is sometimes palpable still.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus And Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43332891705550,"sku":"9780374282219","price":29.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9780374282219_a.jpg?v=1779178555","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.com\/products\/bxbfl-what-are-we-doing-here-9780374282219","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}