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The Overstory

Name: The Overstory
Rating: 5 (16 reviews)
Author: Richard Powers
ISBN: 9780393356687

Richard Powers · 2019 · 512 pages

The Overstory, winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, is a sweeping, impassioned work of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of--and paean to--the natural world. From the roots to the crown and back to the seeds, Richard Powers's twelfth novel unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fables that range from antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. There is a world alongside ours--vast, slow, interconnected, resourceful, magnificently inventive, and almost invisible to us. This is the story of a handful of people who learn how to see that world and who are drawn up into its unfolding catastrophe.

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Bill Gates
“This is one of the most unusual novels I’ve read in years. The Overstory follows the lives of nine people and examines their connection with trees. Some of the characters come together over the course of the book, while others stay on their own. Even though the book takes a pretty extreme view towards the need to protect forests, I was moved by each character’s passion for their cause and finished the book eager to learn more about trees.”↗
Tim Ferriss
“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) 👇”↗
Mark Manson
“@moribell I loved this book.”↗
Deborah Blum
“@mcnees Such an amazing book”↗
Marshall Kirkpatrick
“Reading this amazing book about trees, a novel filled with stories and information about trees, and really enjoying it”↗
Emilia Clarke
“The best two books I’ve read in years... Should be mandatory reading...”↗
Martha Kearney
“@omrgriffiths @BBCPM @RobGMacfarlane Great idea. Loved that book.”↗
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