First published 2010
In a secluded country home, an elderly woman grapples with the mysteries of the mind. As she reflects on her life and the people who have shaped her, the boundaries between past and present, self and other, become increasingly blurred. Through lyrical prose and penetrating insights, Marilynne Robinson's "Absence of Mind" invites readers to confront the profound questions of human existence.
Genres: literary-fiction, 20th-century, adult-fiction, 21st-century, academic
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: blurred-boundaries, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Country Home
Period: 20th Century, 21st Century
158 pages · Hardcover · Yale University Press