In our era of rampant political and cultural pessimism, we run the risk of becoming bogged down in disillusionment and losing sight of ways out of the mire. In What Are We Doing Here?, the incomparable Marilynne Robinson offers us balm:...

'Grace and intelligence . . . Marilynne Robinson defines universal truths about what it means to be human' Barack ObamaSetting her novel after World War II, just before Gilead, Home and Lila, Marilynne Robinson returns to the world of...

Issued into the launch list of "Faber Modern Classics". Marilynne Robinson's first novel is a powerful portrayal of loss, loneliness and the struggle towards adulthood. von Robinson, Marilynne