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Bewilderment by Richard Powers
35.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
A magnificent new novel by Richard Powers, his first novel since the Booker Prize-shortlisted, Pulitzer Prize-winning The OverstoryPicked as one of the 'Best Books of 2021' in the Sunday Times and a finalist for the Booker Prize. Theo Byrne is a promising young astrobiologist who has found a way to sear ...Show more
Bewilderment by Richard Powers
25.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
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. He's also about to be expelled from third g ...Show more
Bewilderment: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2021 by Richard Powers
50.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
A magnificent new novel by Richard Powers, his first novel since the Booker Prize-shortlisted, Pulitzer Prize-winning The OverstoryTHE BRAND NEW NOVEL FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING, BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE OVERSTORY'It changed how I thought about the Earth and our place in it. . . . It ...Show more
Gain by Richard Powers
24.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory and Bewilderment, a visionary novel about the failings of the American dream.'It's not possible for powers to write an uninteresting book' Margaret AtwoodIn Lacewood, Illinois, Laura Bodey, a divorced mother of two and real estate agent, plunges in ...Show more
Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers
26.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
From the Man Booker-shortlisted author of The OverstoryFrom one of America?s greatest writers, a thrilling and beautiful novel about why we make the choices we do - and, ultimately, about what makes us human After many years of living abroad, a young writer returns to the United States to take up the po ...Show more
Orfeo by Richard Powers
28.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014 Seventy-year old avant-garde composer Peter Els opens the door one evening to find the police outside. His DIY microbiology lab - the latest experiment in his lifelong attempt to extract music from rich patterns beyond the ear's ability to hear - has come to the ...Show more
Orfeo by Richard Powers
36.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: good
Seventy-year old avant-garde composer Peter Els opens the door one evening to find the police outside. His DIY microbiology lab - the latest experiment in his lifelong attempt to extract music from rich patterns beyond the ear's ability to hear - has come to the attention of Homeland Security. Panicked ...Show more
Plowing the Dark by Richard Powers
26.95 NZD
29.99 (10% off)
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In a laboratory in the US, researchers race to complete the Cavern, a blank white room that can become a jungle, a painting, or even a cathedral. In a city in the Middle East, an American is held hostage, chained to a radiator in an empty white room. What links two such remote places?
Plowing the Dark by Richard Powers
24.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory and Bewilderment, a kaleidoscopic novel about the wild freedom of the imagination.'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 ...Show more
The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
26.99 NZD
Category: Thriller | Reading Level: very good
On a winter night on a remote road in Nebraska, twenty-seven-year-old Mark Schluter's truck turns over in a near fatal accident. His older sister, Karin, his only close relative, returns reluctantly to their hometown to nurse Mark back from a traumatic head injury. But when he emerges from a protracted ...Show more
The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
36.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: good
On a winter night on a remote road in Nebraska, twenty-seven-year-old Mark Schluter flips his truck in a near fatal accident. His older sister, Karin, his only close relative, returns reluctantly to their hometown to nurse Mark back from a traumatic head injury. But when he emerges from a protracted com ...Show more
The Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers
26.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
From the Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Overstory From one of America's greatest writers, an enthralling story about desire, new love and the mysteries of science The Gold Bug Variations is a double love story of two young couples separated by a distance of twenty-five years. Stuart Ressler, a bri ...Show more