![]() Powers marshals a diverse central cast of nine characters, dealing with the history of migration to America. Early comparisons to Moby-Dick are unfairly lofty, but this fine book can stand on its own. This is a mighty, at times even monolithic, work that combines the multi-narrative approach of David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas with a paean to the grandeur and wonder of trees that elegantly sidesteps pretension and overambition. On the evidence of The Overstory, he is continuing a remarkable run that began when he came to prominence in 2006 with the National Book award-winning The Echo Maker. ![]() ![]() N o less a writer than Margaret Atwood has said of Richard Powers that “it’s not possible for him to write an uninteresting book”. ![]()
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