WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? : ESSAYS

New York City, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2018. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2018. Softcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 315 pages. Retrospective collection of essays. Uncorrected Proof. "Not For Sale" discreetly printed on the back cover along with the publisher's advance information. Precedes and should not be confused with the regular trade edition. Published in a small and limited one-time-only print run as a softcover original only for the exclusive use of the author and the publisher. The Uncorrected Proof is now rare. Presents, in its earliest-state format, Marilynne Robinson's "What Are We Doing Here? : Essays". Following six previously published, valuable essay collections, "new essays on theological, political, and contemporary themes" (Advance Publisher's blurb) . An absolute "must-have" title for Marilynne Robinson collectors. This is a copy of the Uncorrected Proof. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Uncorrected Proof available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies of the regular trade edition available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award in 1981 for "Housekeeping". Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2004 and the Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for "Gilead". "Housekeeping" was selected by The New York Times panel of writers, critics, and editors as one of the Top 20 works of American fiction of the last 25 years. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MARILYNNE ROBINSON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374282218.