Bewilderment: A Novel by Richard Powers (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Bewilderment by Richard Powers The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. Hes also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental neurofeedback treatment to bolster Robins emotional control, one that involves training the boy on the recorded patterns of his mothers brain… With its soaring descriptions of the natural world, its tantalizing vision of life beyond, and its account of a father and sons ferocious love, Bewilderment marks Richard Powerss most intimate and moving novel. At its heart lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet? FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Back Cover Praise for The Overstory by Richard Powers "It changed how I thought about the Earth and our place in it....It changed how I see things and thats always, for me, a mark of a book worth reading." -- Barack Obama "Monumental...A gigantic fable of genuine truths." -- Barbara Kingsolver, The New York Times Book Review, cover review "Should be mandatory reading the world over." -- Emilia Clarke "Extraordinary...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." -- Benjamin Markovits, The Guardian "Transformative and wise." -- Naomi Klein "Dazzlingly written...Powers is as brilliant on trees and arborescence as he has been in past novels on music, AI, and neuroscience." -- Robert Macfarlane "The best book Ive read in ten years...Its 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." -- Emma Thompson Author Biography Richard Powers is the author of fourteen novels, including The Overstory, Bewilderment, and Orfeo. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Award. He lives in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. Review "Richard Powers is one of our countrys greatest living writers. He composes some of the most beautiful sentences Ive ever read. Im in awe of his talent." -- Oprah Winfrey"Extraordinary.…Powerss insightful, often poetic prose draws us at once more deeply toward the infinitude of the imagination and more vigorously toward the urgencies of the real and familiar stakes rattling our persons and our planet." -- Tracy K. Smith, New York Times Book Review (cover review)"A heartrending tale of loss.…Powers continues to raise bold questions about the state of our world and the cumulative effects of our mistakes." -- Heller McAlpin - NPR"Nothing short of transportive." -- Newsweek"[A]stounding.…a must-read novel.…Its urgent and profound and takes readers on a unique journey that will leave them questioning what were doing to the only planet we have." -- Rob Merrill - Associated Press"As in The Overstory, Powers seamlessly yet indelibly melds science and humanity, hope and despair." -- Dale Singer - St. Louis Post-Dispatch"Bewilderment is a big book about what matters most.…a brilliant, engrossing, and ultimately heartbreaking book." -- David Laskin - Seattle Times"[P]oignant…Bewilderment is a cri de coeur.…this is a hauntingly intimate story set within the privacy of one family trapped in the penumbra of mourning." -- Ron Charles - Washington Post"You could think of it as The Innerstory: It is about how and whether we see the world we inhabit.... It is enchanting, and it is devastating." -- Ezra Klein - The Ezra Klein Show"Immersive and astonishing.…Powers captures the tragedy of a species that could, but perhaps wont, become a lasting part of a cosmic menagerie. But in this absorbing and effortlessly readable tale he seems to have also found uplifting poetry in our despair." -- Caleb Scharf - Nautilus"A moving depiction of filial love, as father and son confront a world of invisible suffering on unimaginable scales." -- The New Yorker"In Bewilderment, [Powerss] mastery strikes a new vein.…it raises goosebumps and breaks our hearts." -- John Domini - The Brooklyn Rail"Achingly current and wise." -- Bethanne Patrick - Washington Post"[Powers] wants to challenge our innate anthropocentrism, both in literature and how we live." -- Alexandra Alter - New York Times"Remarkable....Bewilderment channels both the cosmic sublime and that of the vast American outdoors, resting confidently in a lineage with Thoreau and Whitman, Dillard and Kerouac." -- Rob Doyle - The Guardian"One of Americas most ambitious and imaginative novelists.... In a year of unprecedented worldwide drought, fire, and flooding, [Bewilderment] couldnt be timelier.... Whether concerning family or nature, this heart-rending tale warns us to take nothing for granted." -- Alexander C. Kafka - Boston Globe"The tenderness between father and son seem[s] so real and heartfelt that the novel becomes its own empathy machine. Whats more powerful, though, is how the emotions Bewilderment evokes expand far beyond the bond of father and son to embrace the living world." -- Ellen Atkins - Minneapolis Star Tribune"Powers [has] an emotional core to everything he writes, and this sets him apart from nearly everyone." -- David Yaffe - Air Mail"An unabashed tearjerker....The most moving and inspiring of all Powerss books." -- Gish Jen - The New Republic"Intimate.…Powers is an essential member of the pantheon of writers who are using fiction to address climate change." -- Carolyn Kellogg - Los Angeles Times"Powers succeeds in engaging both head and heart. And through its central story of bereavement, this novel of parenting and the environment becomes a multifaceted exploration of mortality." -- The Economist Long Description AN OPRAHS BOOK CLUB SELECTION An Instant New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book of 2021 Shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize and Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction A Best Book/Best Novel of 2021 at NPR, Newsweek, The Boston Globe, Audible, Goodreads, Christian Science Monitor, Library Journal, Garden & Gun Magazine, and many more A heartrending new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory. Review Quote "You could think of it as The Innerstory: It is about how and whether we see the world we inhabit.... It is enchanting, and it is devastating." Details ISBN0393881148 Author Richard Powers Short Title Bewilderment Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 0393881148 ISBN-13 9780393881141 Format Hardcover Subtitle A Novel Imprint WW Norton & Co Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Pages 288 AU Release Date 2021-09-24 NZ Release Date 2021-09-24 US Release Date 2021-09-24 UK Release Date 1900-01-01 Publisher WW Norton & Co Publication Date 2021-09-24 Alternative 9781324036142 DEWEY 813.54 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:133208202;

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