Szerző Richard Powers
Milyen trükkel hiteti el a zene a testtel, hogy lélek rejtőzik benne? A nyugdíjas zeneszerző, Peter Els, szokatlan hobbinak hódol: házi laboratóriumában baktériumok genetikai módosításával kísérletezik. Tevékenysége magára vonja a nemzetbiztonságiak…
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014'A magnificent and moving novel' LOS ANGELES TIMESSeventy-year-old avant-garde composer Peter Els opens the door one evening to find the police on his doorstep. His home microbiology lab - where he is conducting…
'There is no contemporary American writer quite like Richard Powers ... It is rare to find a novel as intellectually and emotionally engaging as this' GUARDIANJonah, Ruth, and Joseph are the children of mixed-race parents who aspire to raise them beyond…
'Penetrating and splendidly written... Dazzling' New York TimesIn Lacewood, Illinois, Laura Bodey, a divorced mother of two and real estate agent, plunges into a new existence when she learns that she has cancer. This same small town is home to Clare…
Read this thrilling and timely novel of the human soul from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory. After many years of living abroad, a young writer returns to the United States to take up a position at his former college. There he encounters…
'Part of the joy of reading Powers over the years has been his capacity for revelation' Colson WhiteheadOn the west coast of America, virtual reality researchers race to complete the Cavern, a plain white room that can become a jungle, a painting or…
‘A psychological thriller, a flawed love story, a study of authenticity in emotions, a commentary on America's relations with itself and the world, humanity and ecology... undoubtedly magnificent’ The TimesOn a winter night, Mark Schluter’s truck turns…
THE MILLION-COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION'Radical and exciting' Jessie Burton'Breathtaking' Barbara Kingsolver'It changed how I thought about the Earth and our place in it' Barack Obama'Really, just one of the best…
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AND BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE OVERSTORY AND BEWILDERMENT'Is there anything Richard Powers cannot write? The world here is complete, seductive, and promising.…
An enthralling story about desire, new love and the mysteries of science from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The OverstoryStuart Ressler, a brilliant biologist, sets out in 1957 to crack the genetic code. His efforts are sidetracked by other, more…
„Az ember nem az a csúcsfaj, aminek képzeli magát. Más élőlények mondják meg, merre hány centi, azok csinálják a levegőt és eszik a napfényt. Nélkülük nincs semmi.” A légierő rakodásvezetőjének gépét lelövik a vietnámi háborúban. A katona életét az menti…
A Pulitzer-díjas Égig érő történet szerzőjétől Theo Byrne asztrobiológus, aki a Földön kívüli élet jeleit kutatja a világűrben, felesége halála óta egyedül neveli kilencéves fiát. A melegszívű és kedves Robin rajong a természetért, az állatokért, a növényekért,…
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.
VINTAGE EARTH is a collection of novels to transform our relationship with the natural world. 'This is not our world with trees in it. It's a world of trees, where humans have just arrived'This is the story of a group of strangers, each summoned in different…
Theo Byrne is a promising young scientist who has found a way to search for life on other planets dozens of light years away. He is also the widowed father of a most unusual nine-year-old. His son Robin is funny, loving and filled with plans. He thinks…
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018, a wondrous, exhilarating novel about nine strangers brought together by an unfolding natural catastrophe `The best novel ever written about trees, and really, just one of the best novels, period' Ann Patchett…
Picked as one of the 'Best Books of 2021' in the Sunday Times Theo Byrne is a promising young astrobiologist who has found a way to search for life on other planets dozens of light years away. He is also the widowed father of a most unusual nine-year-old.…
„Az ember nem az a csúcsfaj, aminek képzeli magát. Más élőlények mondják meg, merre hány centi, azok csinálják a levegőt és eszik a napfényt. Nélkülük nincs semmi.” A légierő rakodásvezetőjének gépét lelövik a vietnámi háborúban. A katona életét az menti…