Orfeo, English edition
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
If Powers were an American writer of the nineteenth century he'd probably be the Herman Melville of Moby-Dick. His picture is that big," wrote Margaret Atwood (New York Review of Books). Indeed, since his debut in 1985 with Three Farmers on Their Way to a...
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If Powers were an American writer of the nineteenth century he'd probably be the Herman Melville of Moby-Dick. His picture is that big," wrote Margaret Atwood (New York Review of Books). Indeed, since his debut in 1985 with Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance, Richard Powers has been astonishing readers with novels that are sweeping in range, dazzling in technique, and rich in their explorations of music, art, literature, and technology. In Orfeo, Powers tells the story of a man journeying into his past as he desperately flees the present. Composer Peter Els opens the door one evening to find the police on his doorstep. His home microbiology lab the latest experiment in his lifelong attempt to find music in surprising patterns has aroused the suspicions of Homeland Security. Panicked by the raid, Els turns fugitive. As an Internet-fueled hysteria erupts, Els the "Bioterrorist Bach" pays a final visit to the people he loves, those who shaped his musical journey. Through the helpof his ex-wife, his daughter, and his longtime collaborator, Els hatches a plan to turn this disastrous collision with the security state into a work of art that will reawaken its audience to the sounds all around them.
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An experimental composer becomes a fugitive after his home microbiology lab, set up to find music in surprising patterns, results in a Homeland Security raid in this new novel from the award-winning author of Generosity
Autoren-Porträt von Richard Powers
Richard Powers, geb. 1957, lebt in Urbana/Illinois. Er studierte Physik, arbeitete als Programmierer, bis er mit 32 seinen ersten Roman schrieb. Mittlerweile zählt er zu den ganz großen amerikanischen Erzählern der Gegenwart. Seine Bücher wurden vielfach ausgezeichnet, u.a. mit dem National Book Award. Seine Beiträge erschienen in der New York Times, Esquire, Times und Harper's.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Richard Powers
- 2014, 384 Seiten, Maße: 16,2 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Norton
- ISBN-10: 0393240827
- ISBN-13: 9780393240825
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.01.2014
Sprache:
Englisch
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