Generosity by Richard Powers

Generosity by Richard Powers

Richard Powers, one of America's most important novelists, moves to Atlantic Books. Generosity is Richard Powers' most exuberantly brilliant book yet, in which he dares to imagine what might happen when science discovers the genes for happiness...

"'Nothing less than brilliant..' John Updike 'If Powers were an American writer of the nineteenth century... he'd probably be the Herman Melville of Moby-Dick. His picture is that big.' Margaret Atwood, New York Review of Books 'Richard Powers is the most intellectually stimulating novelist at work in the English language today... Sentence after sentence has the razor-sharp quality of aphorism about the weird wired world we have made' Daily Telegraph 'There is no other contemporary American writer quite like Richard Powers... It is rare to find a novel as intellectually and emotionally engaging as this.' Guardian 'Vividly rendered...immensely satisfactory and, ultimately, very moving... The redemptive power of the closing stages, and the amount of creative energy released, is awesome.' Independent 'Intricately, intelligently and accurately constructed... Formidable' John Updike, New Yorker 'Much of the tension behind Powers' idea-driven novels stems from the delicate balance between plot and concept, and he wisely adopts a voice that is - sometimes painfully - aware of the occasional strain... Like Stone and Kurton, Powers strays from mere record to attempt an impossible task: to make the world right.' Publishers Weekly (Starred and Boxed Review) 'Another remendous accomplishment from a writer who sees his species with brilliant, uncomfortable clarity.' Booklist (Starred)"

Richard Powers has been a recipient of a Lannan Literary Award and a MacArthur Fellowship, as well as a winner of the US National Book Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is the author of eight novels, including The Time of our Singing, Plowing the Dark, and Gain. He lives in Los Angeles.

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ISBN 13	9781848871250
ISBN 10	1848871252
Title	Generosity
Author	Richard Powers
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Atlantic Books
Year published	2010-01-01
Number of pages	304
Prizes	Short-listed for ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 2010 (UK)
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.