"If Powers were an American writer of the nineteenth century he'd
probably be the Herman Melville of Moby-Dick. His picture is that
big," wrote Margaret Atwood (New York Review of Books). Indeed,
since his debut in 1985 with Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance,
Richard Powers has been astonishing readers with novels that are
sweeping in range, dazzling in technique, and rich in their
explorations of music, art, literature, and technology.
In Orfeo, Powers tells the story of a man journeying into his
past as he desperately flees the present. Composer Peter Els opens
the door one evening to find the police on his doorstep. His home
microbiology lab the latest experiment in his lifelong attempt to
find music in surprising patterns has aroused the suspicions of
Homeland Security. Panicked by the raid, Els turns fugitive. As an
Internet-fueled hysteria erupts, Els the "Bioterrorist Bach" pays a
final visit to the people he loves, those who shaped his musical
journey. Through the help of his ex-wife, his daughter, and his
longtime collaborator, Els hatches a plan to turn this disastrous
collision with the security state into a work of art that will
reawaken its audience to the sounds all around them. The result is
a novel that soars in spirit and language by a writer who may be
America s most ambitious novelist (Kevin Berger, San Francisco
Chronicle)."
General
| Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2014 |
| First published: |
September 2014 |
| Authors: |
Richard Powers
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| Dimensions: |
211 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
369 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-393-34984-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-393-34984-5 |
| Barcode: |
9780393349849 |
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