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The Overstory

A Novel

Richard Powers

Discover a world unseen by human eyes in this stunning, passionate work of activism and resistance. Richard Powers's twelfth novel weaves together interlocking fables spanning centuries and continents, from antebellum New York to the Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest. Immerse yourself in this breathtaking paean to the natural world and follow the journey of a few individuals who learn to see the invisible forces at play in our world, as they become entangled in a catastrophic unfolding. A New York Times Bestseller.
Publish Date
2019-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
2019-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2018
Goodreads Rating
4.12
ISBN
9781784708245
Recommendations
9
Recommendations
2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
It was a wonder. It opened as if it were a short story collection, more than a dozen stories about people and their relationship to trees, weaving in the deep science of trees and the history of our understanding of their complexity. Then gradually, the stories begin to coalesce and connect. A remarkable novel. I love books that teach as they entertain. I learned a lot of science from this one!      source
2021-04-23T13:37:59.000Z
NEW blog post is up! Richard Powers’ The Overstory, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, is an incredible book. It’s beautiful and brutal, poetic and therapeutic. (1/4) 👇      source
2019-08-30T00:00:00.000Z
The best two books I’ve read in years... Should be mandatory reading...      source
2020-04-05T02:01:00.000Z
@MorgainePen1 So important a book      source
2020-01-07T16:22:51.000Z
@omrgriffiths @BBCPM @RobGMacfarlane Great idea. Loved that book.      source
2020-10-14T14:25:10.000Z
@moribell I loved this book.      source
2020-07-04T13:59:02.000Z
@AllegraJordan1 Read the book The Overstory!!!!!!      source
2021-07-19T01:38:30.000Z
Reading this amazing book about trees, a novel filled with stories and information about trees, and really enjoying it      source
2021-06-14T02:01:07.000Z
@mcnees Such an amazing book      source