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Author Powers, Richard, 1957- author.

Title Bewilderment : a novel / Richard Powers.

Publication Info. New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Fiction  F Powers    ---  Available
Edition First edition.
Description 278 pages ; 24 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Summary "A heartrending new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory. "Richard Powers, whose novels combine the wonders of science with the marvels of art, astonishes us in different ways with each new book." -Heller McAlpin, NPR Books. The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He's also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental neurofeedback treatment to bolster Robin's emotional control, one that involves training the boy on the recorded patterns of his mother's brain. . . . With its soaring descriptions of the natural world, its tantalizing vision of life beyond, and its account of a father and son's ferocious love, Bewilderment marks Richard Powers's most intimate and moving novel. At its heart lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet?"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Bereavement -- Fiction.
Problem children -- Behavior modification -- Fiction.
Endangered species -- Fiction.
ISBN 9780393881141
0393881148

 
    
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