![]() ![]() He recreates a genre of literature which challenges the notion of human separation from the environment, as the former Stanford professor tells a PBS interviewer. The ultimate tribute, as Powers told the Chicago Review of Books: “I just want to walk, look, listen, breathe, and write this same book,” from different angles and perspectives. And it will leave you unable to walk oblivious beneath a forest canopy ever again. Some highly intelligent friends found it too long, depressing, convoluted. ![]() Fair warnings: Richard Powers’ Pulitzer Prize winning novel is not an easy read. The only thing that can do that is a good story.”Īs fires devastate over 3 million acres in California, Washington state’s air is “hazardous” because of burning forests, and over 500,000 people have been ordered to evacuate due to fire danger in Oregon, it’s time to read The Overstory. “ The best argument in the world won’t change a person’s mind. ![]()
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