Generosity

From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of BEWILDERMENT

By:

Richard Powers

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When Russell Stone becomes the teacher of a young Algerian woman with a disturbingly luminous presence, he is both entranced and troubled. How can this refugee from terror radiate such bliss? Is it possible to be so open and alive without coming to serious harm? Soon, Thassa's joyful personality comes to the attention of the notorious geneticist and advocate for genomic enhancement, Thomas Kurton, whose research has enabled him to announce his discovery of the genetic underpinnings of happiness. Thassa's congenital optimism is severely tested by the growing media circus. Devoured by the public as a living prophecy, her genetic secret will transform both Russell and Kurton, as well as the world at large. Generosity is Richard Powers' most exuberant and exhilarating book yet.

Author Biography:

Richard Powers is the author of nine novels. The Echo Maker won the US National Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Powers has received a MacArthur Fellowship, the Lannan Literary Award and the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Historical Fiction. He lives in Illinois.

Release date Australia

August 1st, 2011

Author

Richard Powers

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Edition

Main

Pages

304

Dimensions

129x198x18

ISBN-13

9781848871274

Product ID

9787498

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