The Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers An enthralling story about desire, new love and the mysteries of science from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The OverstoryStuart Ressler, a brilliant biologist, sets out in 1957 to crack the genetic code. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory, an enthralling story about desire, new love and the mysteries of scienceAn enthralling story about desire, new love and the mysteries of science from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The OverstoryStuart Ressler, a brilliant biologist, sets out in 1957 to crack the genetic code. His efforts are sidetracked by other, more intractable codes - social, moral, musical, spiritual - and he falls in love with a member of his research team.Years later, another young man and woman team up to investigate a different mystery - why did the eminently promising Ressler suddenly disappear from the world of science?Strand by strand, these two love stories twist about each other in a double helix of desire.A love story of charm and substance, brimming over with ideas, yet anchored in emotional truth Sunday Telegraph 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 A love story of charm and substance, brimming over with ideas, yet anchored in emotional truth. The plot is as labyrinthine as any by Umberto Eco... Extremely witty... Dip into this book at random and the chances are it will sit up and bite you like a rattlesnake * Sunday Telegraph *The most lavishly ambitious American novel since Gravitys Rainbow... An outright marvel * Washington Post *The Gold Bug Variations has everything... Stunning... Almost every sentence is a heroic tour de force... The joy to be taken in reading the book is, like the pleasure of studying crystal multiplication, in seeing a pattern swarm mosaically over everything, watching a stencil laid over life * New York Times *One of the best writers working now -- Audrey NiffeneggerPowers has triumphantly restored...the philosophical novel * Observer * Promotional From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory, an enthralling story about desire, new love and the mysteries of science Review Text A love story of charm and substance, brimming over with ideas, yet anchored in emotional truth . The plot is as labyrinthine as any by Umberto Eco... Extremely witty... Dip into this book at random and the chances are it will sit up and bite you like a rattlesnake Review Quote A love story of charm and substance, brimming over with ideas, yet anchored in emotional truth . The plot is as labyrinthine as any by Umberto Eco... Extremely witty... Dip into this book at random and the chances are it will sit up and bite you like a rattlesnake Promotional "Headline" From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory , an enthralling story about desire, new love and the mysteries of science Details ISBN1784709727 Author Richard Powers Publisher Vintage Publishing Year 2019 ISBN-10 1784709727 ISBN-13 9781784709723 Format Paperback Imprint Vintage Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 688 DEWEY 813.6 Language English UK Release Date 2019-11-07 Publication Date 2019-11-07 AU Release Date 2019-11-07 NZ Release Date 2019-11-07 Narrator Simon Russell Beale Translator Susan Massotty Birth 1927 Affiliation Lecturer, University of Fort Hare Position Professor Qualifications J.D. Alternative 9781473562165 Audience General 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:126089982;

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