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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction
Winner of the William Dean Howells Medal
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize
Over One Year on the New York Times Bestseller List
Named One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by the New York Times Book Review
A New York Times Notable Book and a Washington Post, Time, Oprah Magazine, Newsweek, Chicago Tribune, and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
“The best novel ever written about trees, and really just one of the best novels, period.” ―Ann Patchett
The Overstory, winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, is a sweeping, impassioned work of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of―and paean to―the natural world. From the roots to the crown and back to the seeds, Richard Powers’s twelfth novel unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fables that range from antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. There is a world alongside ours―vast, slow, interconnected, resourceful, magnificently inventive, and almost invisible to us. This is the story of a handful of people who learn how to see that world and who are drawn up into its unfolding catastrophe.
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About the Book
An emotionally charged novel inspired by the myth of Orpheus in which composer Peter Els must transform a disastrous collision with the security state into an unforgettable work of art. A sweeping, impassioned work of activism and resistance that won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and serves as a stunning evocation of—and paean to—the natural world. A heartrending novel with soaring descriptions of the natural world, a tantalizing vision of life beyond, and a moving account of a father and son’s ferocious love. NEW: A magisterial new novel—set in the world’s largest ocean—that interweaves profound themes of technology and the environment with a deep exploration of our shared humanity.
What Readers are Saying
“Bravo, Richard Powers, for hitting so many high notes with Orfeo and contributing to the fraction of books that really matter.” —Heller McAlpin, NPR “It changed how I thought about the Earth and our place in it…It changed how I see things and that’s always, for me, a mark of a book worth reading.” —Barack Obama “Richard Powers is one of our country’s greatest living writers. He composes some of the most beautiful sentences I’ve ever read. I’m in awe of his talent.” —Oprah Winfrey “Is there anything Richard Powers cannot write? The world here is complete, seductive, and promising. The writing feels like the ocean. Vast, mysterious, deep, and alive.” —Percival Everett
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (April 2, 2019)
Language : English
Paperback : 512 pages
ISBN-10 : 039335668X
ISBN-13 : 978-0393356687
Item Weight : 1.24 pounds
Dimensions : 5.5 x 1.2 x 8.3 inches
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Customers find the book an enjoyable and memorable read with clever writing. They describe the stories as thought-provoking and interesting, weaving together their lives stories with a desire to protect the forests. The characters are complex and the focus is on the people involved and their daily struggles. The book offers a radical view of nature and our place in it, challenging readers to care for this beautiful planet.
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