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Echo Maker by Richard Powers (2006, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-100374146357
ISBN-139780374146351
eBay Product ID (ePID)51563100
Product Key Features
Book TitleEcho Maker
Number of Pages464 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, Literary, Medical
Publication Year2006
GenreFiction
AuthorRichard Powers
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight26.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-000093
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsPraise for Richard Powers: "Powers may be America's most ambitious novelist." Â--Kevin Berger,San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "To read his work is to be wowed by his verbal muscularity. . .admirable. . .wonderfully original." Â--Meg Wolitzer,The New York Times Book Review "Richard Powers is the child prodigy of American fiction . . . by 34 he had published three novels equaling the intellectual rigor and range of that '60s prodigy, Thomas Pynchon." Â--Tom LeClair,USA Today "One of our few indispensable literary talents." Â--Charles B. Harris,Review of Contemporary Fiction "Powers may be the smartest novelist writing today." Â--Albert Mobilio,The Village, Powers may well be one of the smartest novelists now writing. . . . In The Echo Maker , Powers hopes to plumb the nature of consciousness, and he does so with such alert passion that we come to recognize in his quest the novel's abiding theme--What it means to be human will forever elude us., [Powers's] characters are unforgettable, flesh-and-blood individuals as finely drawn as those of any contemporary fiction writer., Praise for Richard Powers: "Powers may be America's most ambitious novelist." --Kevin Berger, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "To read his work is to be wowed by his verbal muscularity. . .admirable. . .wonderfully original." --Meg Wolitzer, The New York Times Book Review "Richard Powers is the child prodigy of American fiction . . . by 34 he had published three novels equaling the intellectual rigor and range of that '60s prodigy, Thomas Pynchon." --Tom LeClair, USA Today "One of our few indispensable literary talents." --Charles B. Harris, Review of Contemporary Fiction "Powers may be the smartest novelist writing today." --Albert Mobilio, The Village, A wise and elegant post-9/11 novel . . . The mysteries unfold so organically and stealthily that you are unaware of his machinations until they come to stunning fruition. . . . Powers accomplishes something magnificent., Praise for Richard Powers: "Powers may be America's most ambitious novelist." --Kevin Berger, "San Francisco Chronicle Book Review""" "To read his work is to be wowed by his verbal muscularity. . .admirable. . .wonderfully original." --Meg Wolitzer, "The New York Times Book Review""" "Richard Powers is the child prodigy of American fiction . . . by 34 he had published three novels equaling the intellectual rigor and range of that '60s prodigy, Thomas Pynchon." --Tom LeClair, "USA Today""" "One of our few indispensable literary talents." --Charles B. Harris, "Review of Contemporary Fiction" "Powers may be the smartest novelist writing today." --Albert Mobilio, "The Village", Praise for Richard Powers: "Powers may be America's most ambitious novelist." -- Kevin Berger, "San Francisco Chronicle Book Review""" "To read his work is to be wowed by his verbal muscularity. . .admirable. . .wonderfully original." -- Meg Wolitzer, "The New York Times Book Review""" "Richard Powers is the child prodigy of American fiction . . . by 34 he had published three novels equaling the intellectual rigor and range of that '60s prodigy, Thomas Pynchon." -- Tom LeClair, "USA Today""" "One of our few indispensable literary talents." -- Charles B. Harris, "Review of Contemporary Fiction" "Powers may be the smartest novelist writing today." -- Albert Mobilio, "The Village", Praise for Richard Powers: "Powers may be America's most ambitious novelist." -Kevin Berger, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "To read his work is to be wowed by his verbal muscularity. . .admirable. . .wonderfully original." -Meg Wolitzer, The New York Times Book Review "Richard Powers is the child prodigy of American fiction . . . by 34 he had published three novels equaling the intellectual rigor and range of that '60s prodigy, Thomas Pynchon." -Tom LeClair, USA Today "One of our few indispensable literary talents." -Charles B. Harris, Review of Contemporary Fiction "Powers may be the smartest novelist writing today." -Albert Mobilio, The Village, A kind of neuro-cosmological adventure . . . an exhilarating narrative feat . . . Powers is a formidable talent, and this is a lucid, fiercely entertaining novel., Fascinating . . . In the end we see what Powers, with his beautiful language and broad reach, always wishes to have us see: the eternal mystery of human personality and how it functions in the extreme drama of the modern world., "A grand novel--grand in its reach, grand in its themes, grand in it patterning . . . 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." --Margaret Atwood, The New York Review of Books "A brilliant novel . . . A vision of wonder." -- The Boston Globe "Fascinating . . . In the end we see what Powers, with his beautiful language and broad reach, always wishes to have us see: the eternal mystery of human personality and how it functions in the extreme drama of the modern world." -- O, The Oprah Magazine "A kind of neuro-cosmological adventure . . . an exhilarating narrative feat . . . Powers is a formidable talent, and this is a lucid, fiercely entertaining novel." -- The Washington Post Book World "A wise and elegant post-9/11 novel . . . The mysteries unfold so organically and stealthily that you are unaware of his machinations until they come to stunning fruition. . . . Powers accomplishes something magnificent." --Colson Whitehead, The New York Times Book Review "Powers may well be one of the smartest novelists now writing. . . . In The Echo Maker , Powers hopes to plumb the nature of consciousness, and he does so with such alert passion that we come to recognize in his quest the novel's abiding theme--What it means to be human will forever elude us." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "One of the year's most engrossing." -- Entertainment Weekly "[Powers's] characters are unforgettable, flesh-and-blood individuals as finely drawn as those of any contemporary fiction writer." --Steve Weinberg, The Seattle Times, A grand novel--grand in its reach, grand in its themes, grand in it patterning . . . 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.
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SynopsisOn a winter night on a remote Nebraska road, 27-year-old Mark Schluter flips his truck in a near-fatal accident. His older sister Karin, his only near kin, returns reluctantly to their hometown to nurse Mark back from a traumatic head injury. But when he emerges from a protracted coma, Mark believes that this woman-who looks, acts, and sounds just like his sister-is really an identical impostor. Shattered by her brother's refusal to recognize her, Karin contacts the cognitive neurologist Gerald Weber, famous for his case histories describing the infinitely bizarre worlds of brain disorder. Weber recognizes Mark as a rare case of Capgras Syndrome, a doubling delusion, and eagerly investigates. What he discovers in Mark slowly undermines even his own sense of being. Meanwhile, Mark, armed only with a note left by an anonymous witness, attempts to learn what happened the night of his inexplicable accident. The truth of that evening will change the lives of all three beyond recognition. Set against the Platte River's massive spring migrations-one of the greatest spectacles in nature-"The Echo Maker "is a gripping mystery that explores the improvised human self and the even more precarious brain that splits us from and joins us to the rest of creation., On a remote Nebraska road, 27-year-old Mark Schluter flips his truck in a near-fatal accident. His older sister Karin returns reluctantly to their hometown to nurse Mark back from a traumatic head injury. When he emerges from a protracted coma, Mark believes that this woman--who looks, acts, and sounds just like his sister--is really an identical impostor., On a winter night on a remote Nebraska road, 27-year-old Mark Schluter flips his truck in a near-fatal accident. His older sister Karin, his only near kin, returns reluctantly to their hometown to nurse Mark back from a traumatic head injury. But when he emerges from a protracted coma, Mark believes that this woman-who looks, acts, and sounds just like his sister-is really an identical impostor. Shattered by her brother's refusal to recognize her, Karin contacts the cognitive neurologistGerald Weber, famous for his case histories describing the infinitely bizarre worlds of brain disorder. Weber recognizes Mark as a rare case of Capgras Syndrome, a doubling delusion, and eagerly investigates. What he discovers in Mark slowly undermines even his own sense of being. Meanwhile, Mark, armed only with a note left by an anonymous witness, attempts to learn what happened the night of his inexplicable accident. The truth of that evening will change the lives of all three beyond recognition. Set against the Platte River's massive spring migrations-one of the greatest spectacles in nature- The Echo Maker is a gripping mystery that explores the improvised human self and the even more precarious brain that splits us from and joins us to the rest of creation. The Echo Maker is the winner of the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction., On a winter night on a remote Nebraska road, 27-year-old Mark Schluter flips his truck in a near-fatal accident. His older sister Karin, his only near kin, returns reluctantly to their hometown to nurse Mark back from a traumatic head injury. But when he emerges from a protracted coma, Mark believes that this woman-who looks, acts, and sounds just like his sister-is really an identical impostor. Shattered by her brother's refusal to recognize her, Karin contacts the cognitive neurologist Gerald Weber, famous for his case histories describing the infinitely bizarre worlds of brain disorder. Weber recognizes Mark as a rare case of Capgras Syndrome, a doubling delusion, and eagerly investigates. What he discovers in Mark slowly undermines even his own sense of being. Meanwhile, Mark, armed only with a note left by an anonymous witness, attempts to learn what happened the night of his inexplicable accident. The truth of that evening will change the lives of all three beyond recognition. Set against the Platte River's massive spring migrations-one of the greatest spectacles in nature- The Echo Maker is a gripping mystery that explores the improvised human self and the even more precarious brain that splits us from and joins us to the rest of creation. The Echo Maker is the winner of the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction.
LC Classification NumberPS3566.O92E27 2006
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- 27 Jan, 2021
Skip It!
This book is a mystery with a million tangents. I skimmed and skipped a lot, trying to just get to the solution to the mystery. The ending was not satisfying. I'm sorry I wasted my time.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 19 Jan, 2021
Worth the money
Book in good shapeVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
