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| Genre/Form: | Psychological fiction Medical novels Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Powers |
| ISBN: | 0374146357 9780374146351 |
| OCLC Number: | 62790370 |
| Awards: | National Book Award, Fiction, 2006 |
| Description: | 451 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Richard Powers. |
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Praise for Richard Powers:
"Powers may be America's most ambitious novelist." --Kevin Berger, "San Francisco Chronicle Book Review"
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"To read his work is to be wowed by his verbal muscularity. . .admirable. . .wonderfully original." --Meg Wolitzer, "The New York Times Book Review"
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"Richard Powers is the child prodigy of American fiction . . . by 34 he had published three novels equaling the intellectual rigor and range of that '60s prodigy, Thomas Pynchon." --Tom LeClair, "USA Today"
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"One of our few indispensable literary talents." --Charles B. Harris, "Review of Contemporary Fiction"
"Powers may be the smartest novelist writing today." --Albert Mobilio, "The Village "
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