Generosity by Richard Powers
Generosity is Richard Powers' most exuberant novel yet, in which he dares to imagine what might happen when science discovers the genes for happiness...
Powers is one of the best writers working now -- Audrey Niffenegger
Smart, tender and wrenchingly anxious about the approaching era... Generosity is a bracingly intelligent fable about the choices that face us. * Sunday Telegraph *
Generosity throngs with vivid personalities... Compelling * Independent *
Brilliantly crafted... [Generosity] should confirm Powers's status as one of our finest novelists of ideas * New Scientist *
Compulsive... Powers [is] a modern Renaissance man, as at home in the language of science as in the laboratories of literature... A meditation on the human condition. * Observer *
Powers... is one of our most scientifically literate novelists, with a gift for exploring complex science with cool clarity... He can nail emotional complexities with precision, while using his characters to explore how emerging technologies might shape our lives... Beautifully expressed * Daily Telegraph *
Provocative... fascinating... dazzling -- Ron Charles * Washington Post *
Smart, tender and wrenchingly anxious about the approaching era... Generosity is a bracingly intelligent fable about the choices that face us. * Sunday Telegraph *
Generosity throngs with vivid personalities... Compelling * Independent *
Brilliantly crafted... [Generosity] should confirm Powers's status as one of our finest novelists of ideas * New Scientist *
Compulsive... Powers [is] a modern Renaissance man, as at home in the language of science as in the laboratories of literature... A meditation on the human condition. * Observer *
Powers... is one of our most scientifically literate novelists, with a gift for exploring complex science with cool clarity... He can nail emotional complexities with precision, while using his characters to explore how emerging technologies might shape our lives... Beautifully expressed * Daily Telegraph *
Provocative... fascinating... dazzling -- Ron Charles * Washington Post *
Richard Powers is the author of twelve novels, including Orfeo (which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize), The Overstory (which was shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize and won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize) and Bewilderment (shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize). He is the recipient of a MacArthur grant and the National Book Award, and has been a four-time NBCC finalist. He lives in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848871274 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848871279 |
| Title | Generosity |
| Author | Richard Powers |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2011-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 2010 (UK) |
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