<em>The Overstory</em>, 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.--Leanne Shapton, judge for the Man Booker Prize<br /><em>The Overstory</em> is a visionary, accessible legend for the planet that owns us, its exaltation and its peril, a remarkable achievement by a great writer.--Thomas McGuane

Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker PrizeA New York Times Notable, Washington Post, Time, Oprah Magazine, Newsweek, Chicago Tribune, and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018A monumental novel about trees and people by one of our most "prodigiously talented" (The New York Times Book Review) novelists.
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A novel of activism and natural-world power presents interlocking fables about nine remarkable strangers who are summoned in different ways by trees for an ultimate, brutal stand to save the continent's few remaining acres of virgin forest.
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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.--Leanne Shapton, judge for the Man Booker PrizeThe Overstory is a visionary, accessible legend for the planet that owns us, its exaltation and its peril, a remarkable achievement by a great writer.--Thomas McGuane
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780393635522
Publisert
2018-03-16
Utgiver
Vendor
Ww Norton & Co
Vekt
740 gr
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
163 mm
Dybde
41 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
512

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Biographical note

Richard Powers is the author of twelve novels, most recently The Overstory. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and the National Book Award, and he has been a Pulitzer Prize and four-time National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. He lives in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.