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The Overstory: A Novel Hardcover - 2018
by Powers, Richard
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- Title The Overstory: A Novel
- Author Powers, Richard
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Illustrated
- Condition Used:Good
- Pages 512
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
- Date 2018-04-03
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # DADAX039363552X
- ISBN 9780393635522 / 039363552X
- Weight 1.65 lbs (0.75 kg)
- Dimensions 9.4 x 6.6 x 1.7 in (23.88 x 16.76 x 4.32 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Environmental protection, Nature stories
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017051173
- Dewey Decimal Code 813.54
Summary
The Overstory is a novel by Richard Powers published in 2018 by W.W. Norton. It is Powers's twelfth novel. The novel is about nine Americans whose unique life experiences with trees bring them together to address the destruction of forests. Powers was inspired to write the work while teaching at Stanford University after he encountered giant redwood trees for the first time. On 20 September 2018, The Overstory was shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize.On 15 April 2019, it was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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Citations
- Booklist, 02/15/2018, Page 22
- BookPage, 04/01/2018, Page 0
- Kirkus Reviews, 02/01/2018, Page 34
- Library Journal, 02/01/2018, Page 96
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 11/15/2017, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 02/19/2018, Page 0
- Shelf Awareness, 04/24/2018, Page 0