Playground by Richard Powers (English) Paperback Book

Description: Playground by Richard Powers A new novel from the Booker-shortlisted authorA POWERFUL NEW NOVEL FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AND BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE OVERSTORY AND BEWILDERMENTIs there anything Richard Powers cannot write? The world here is complete, seductive, and promising. The writing feels like the ocean. Vast, mysterious, deep and alive PERCIVAL EVERETTAn extraordinarily immersive journey through lives linked in mysterious ways - gripping, alarming and uplifting EMMA DONOGHUERafi and Todd are two polar opposites at an elite high school where they bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game. It sets them up for life- Rafi will get lost in literature, while Todds work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough.Elsewhere, Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the worlds first aqualungs; Ina Aroita grows up in naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home.All of these people meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia, marked for humanitys next great adventure- a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out into the open sea. As the seasteaders close in, how will Evie play the ever-unfolding oceanic game? Will Ina engage in acts of destruction? Todd and Rafi, now estranged, still find themselves in competition- Todd unravels while working on an idea to redraw the boundaries of human immortality, while Rafi and the residents must decide if they will greenlight the new project on their shores and change their home forever.Set in the worlds largest ocean, Playground explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize and interweaves profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard Powers can.Powers is a master of taking important topics of our times - from threats to our oceans and climate change to AI - and turning them into riveting and fiercely relevant books imbued with psychological insight and a deep awe for nature. This eloquent dance of the scientific and emotional makes him one of our finest story tellers. PLAYGROUND is brilliant, captivating and important - and the best book Ive read this year ANDREA WULFMore praise for Richard Powers-Powers has extraordinary gifts as a writer GUARDIANImpressively precise in its scientific conjectures, Bewilderment is no less rich or wise in its emotionality OBSERVERHe composes some of the most beautiful sentences Ive ever read. Im in awe of his talent OPRAH WINFREYIt is impossible to deny the importance of Powerss message SUNDAY TIMESRefreshing, original and moving EVENING STANDARD FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory and his most recent novel, Bewilderment, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He lives in the Great Smoky Mountains. Review Powers is a master of taking important topics of our times – from threats to our oceans and climate change to AI – and turning them into riveting and fiercely relevant books imbued with psychological insight and a deep awe for nature. This eloquent dance of the scientific and emotional makes him one of our finest story tellers. PLAYGROUND is brilliant, captivating and important -- Andrea WulfAlong with its environmental warnings, the book carries an intriguing look at the ways people and animals play, as in the boys competitive chess, the antics of manta rays, the allure of computer games, and what a meta-minded author might do with his readers. An engaging, eloquent message for this fragile planet. * Kirkus starred review *Is there anything Richard Powers cannot write? The world here is complete, seductive, and promising. The writing feels like the ocean. Vast, mysterious, deep and alive -- Percival EverettAn extraordinarily immersive journey through lives linked in mysterious ways - gripping, alarming and uplifting -- Emma Donoghue Details ISBN1529154324 Author Richard Powers Pages 288 Publisher Cornerstone Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781529154320 Format Paperback Imprint Hutchinson Heinemann Country of Publication United Kingdom Audience General Language English ISBN-10 1529154324 Publication Date 2024-09-24 UK Release Date 2024-09-24 Alternative 9781529154313 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161553131;

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