Generosity
From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of BEWILDERMENT
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Atlantic Books
Published:1st Aug '11
£8.99
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'Powers is one of the best writers working now.' Audrey Niffenegger Generosity is Richard Powers' most exuberant novel yet, in which he dares to imagine what might happen when science discovers the genes for happiness...
Generosity is Richard Powers' most exuberant novel yet, in which he dares to imagine what might happen when science discovers the genes for happiness...
BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED BEWILDERMENT AND THE OVERSTORY
It all begins when a young Algerian woman, Thassa, arrives in Russell Stone's writing class. Her stories reveal a horrific past, but her presence sends spirits soaring. This glimpse of pure happiness in the most improbable of guises leaves Russell feeling as troubled as it does entranced. And he isn't alone: Thassa has caught the eye of Dr Kurton, a scientist in search of the 'happiness gene'. He sees in her the key to the breakthrough that will make his name and change history. But can the quality that makes her so valuable survive the ruthless glare of media attention?
Funny, fast and enchanting, Generosity celebrates both science and the imagination. In his most exuberant book yet, Richard Powers asks us to consider the big questions facing humankind as we begin to rewrite our own existence.
'Smart, tender and wrenchingly anxious about the approaching era... Generosity is a bracingly intelligent fable about the choices that face us.' Sunday Telegraph
Powers is one of the best writers working now. -- Audrey Niffenegger
Smart, tender and wrenchingly anxious about the approaching era... Generosity is a bracingly intelligent fable about the choices that face us. * Sunday Telegraph *
Generositythrongs with vivid personalities... Compelling * Independent *
Brilliantly crafted... [Generosity] should confirm Powers's status as one of our finest novelists of ideas * New Scientist *
Compulsive... Powers [is] a modern Renaissance man, as at home in the language of science as in the laboratories of literature... A meditation on the human condition. * Observer *
Powers... is one of our most scientifically literate novelists, with a gift for exploring complex science with cool clarity... He can nail emotional complexities with precision, while using his characters to explore how emerging technologies might shape our lives... Beautifully expressed * Daily Telegraph *
Provocative... fascinating... dazzling -- Ron Charles * Washington Post *
- Short-listed for ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 2010 (UK)
ISBN: 9781848871274
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 18mm
Weight: 207g
304 pages
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