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The Overstory : A Novel by Richard Powers (2019, Trade Paperback) FREE SHIPPING

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État
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Type
Novel
ISBN
9780393356687
Book Title
Overstory : a Novel
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Item Length
8.3 in
Publication Year
2019
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1.2 in
Author
Richard Powers
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Literary, Political
Item Weight
19.6 Oz
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
512 Pages

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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book and a Washington Post , Time , Oprah Magazine , Newsweek , Chicago Tribune , and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018 "The best novel ever written about trees, and really just one of the best novels, period." --Ann Patchett

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Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
039335668x
ISBN-13
9780393356687
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15038266809

Product Key Features

Book Title
Overstory : a Novel
Number of Pages
512 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Topic
Literary, Political
Genre
Fiction
Author
Richard Powers
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
19.6 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
This book is beyond special.... It's a kind of breakthrough in the ways we think about and understand the world around us, at a moment when that is desperately needed., Powers is the rare American novelist writing in the grand realist tradition, daring to cast himself, in the critic Peter Brooks's term, as a 'historian of contemporary society.' He has the courage and intellectual stamina to explore our most complex social questions with originality, nuance, and an innate skepticism about dogma. At a time when literary convention favors novelists who write narrowly about personal experience, Powers's ambit is refreshingly unfashionable, restoring to the form an authority it has shirked., The Overstory is a visionary, accessible legend for the planet that owns us, its exaltation and its peril, a remarkable achievement by a great writer., Remarkable....This ambitious novel soars up through the canopy of American literature and remakes the landscape of environmental fiction., The best book I've read in 10 years. It's a remarkable piece of literature, and the moment it speaks to is climate change. So, for me, it's a lodestone. It's a mind-opening fiction, and it connects us all in a very positive way to the things that we have to do if we want to regain our planet., This ambitious novel soars up through the canopy of American literature and remakes the landscape of environmental fiction.... Remarkable., 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., An ingeniously structured narrative that branches and canopies like the trees at the core of the story whose wonder and connectivity echo those of the humans living amongst them., The Overstory, a novel about trees and people who understand them, is the eco-epic of the year and perhaps the decade. Unlike the Lorax, who spoke for the trees, Richard Powers prefers to let them do their own talking., A big, ambitious epic.... Powers juggles the personal dramas of his far-flung cast with vigor and clarity. The human elements of the book--the arcs his characters follow over the decades from crusading passion to muddled regret and a sense of failure--are thoroughly compelling. So are the extra-human elements, thanks to the extraordinary imaginative flights of Powers's prose, which persuades you on the very first page that you're hearing the voices of trees as they chide our species., Monumental... The Overstory accomplishes what few living writers from either camp, art or science, could attempt. Using the tools of the story, he pulls readers heart-first into a perspective so much longer-lived and more subtly developed than the human purview that we gain glimpses of a vast, primordial sensibility, while watching our own kind get whittled down to size.... A gigantic fable of genuine truths., This book is beyond special. Richard Powers manages to turn trees into vivid and engaging characters, something that indigenous people have done for eons but that modern literature has rarely if ever even attempted. It's not just a completely absorbing, even overwhelming book; it's a kind of breakthrough in the ways we think about and understand the world around us, at a moment when that is desperately needed., A big, ambitious epic....Powers juggles the personal dramas of his far-flung cast with vigor and clarity. The human elements of the book--the arcs his characters follow over the decades from crusading passion to muddled regret and a sense of failure--are thoroughly compelling. So are the extra-human elements, thanks to the extraordinary imaginative flights of Powers's prose, which persuades you on the very first page that you're hearing the voices of trees as they chide our species., Powers is the rare American novelist writing inthe grand realist tradition, daring to cast himself, in the critic PeterBrooks's term, as a 'historian of contemporary society.' He has the courage andintellectual stamina to explore our most complex social questions withoriginality, nuance, and an innate skepticism about dogma. At a time whenliterary convention favors novelists who write narrowly about personalexperience, Powers's ambit is refreshingly unfashionable, restoring to the forman authority it has shirked., An extraordinary novel....An astonishing performance....There is something exhilarating, too, in reading a novel whose context is wider than human life. The Overstory leaves you with a slightly adjusted frame of reference....What was happening to his characters passed into my conscience, like alcohol into the bloodstream, and left a feeling behind of grief or guilt, even after I put it down., Monumental...The Overstory accomplishes what few living writers from either camp, art or science, could attempt. Using the tools of the story, he pulls readers heart-first into a perspective so much longer-lived and more subtly developed than the human purview that we gain glimpses of a vast, primordial sensibility, while watching our own kind get whittled down to size....A gigantic fable of genuine truths., A colleague of mine once claimed that a critic's opinions are worth less than his or her ability to convey what a book is like. If that's true, never mind that I believe Richard Powers' 12th novel to be a masterwork sculpted from sheer awe. Instead, know that reading The Overstory will convince you that we walk among gods every time we enter a forest., [Powers is] brilliant on the strange idea of 'plant personhood[,]'... opening our eyes to the wondrous things just above our line of sight. Memorable chapters unfold... [with] many unforgettable images in a novel devoted to 'reviving that dead metaphor at the heart of the word bewilderment.'
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Lc Classification Number
Ps3566.O92o94 2019

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    I first checked this book out from my local library. After about 50 pages I realized that I would read it more than once. And I wanted to underline too many passages to erase and return. It demanded that I buy a copy for my personal reference shelf.

    Achat vérifié : OuiÉtat : NeufVendu par : bookwormlounge

  • The lives of several people converge as they are all drawn together in a common cause. The planet we live on and how humans affect all of life.

    An excellent novel by an award winning author. The book arrived on time and the condition was better than I expected.

    Achat vérifié : OuiÉtat : OccasionVendu par : discover-books

  • definitely recommend this book

    great stories about trees, love the content, well written engaging and lots of great historic information put into context of great story telling

    Achat vérifié : OuiÉtat : NeufVendu par : joyca9432

  • A must read!

    Very good read. My only criticism is that sometimes the characters are difficult to follow. It is interesting as to how the author ties together all of the characters' lives, which explains the title of this book.

    Achat vérifié : OuiÉtat : NeufVendu par : greatbookprices2

  • Our relationships with trees

    My husband is reading this for his book group and has made numerous positive comments!

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