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Bewilderment
By (Author) Richard Powers
Cornerstone
Penguin (Cornerstone)
3rd December 2024
29th August 2024
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Family life fiction
Science fiction
Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world
Narrative theme: Social issues
Paperback
336
Width 129mm, Height 197mm, Spine 20mm
236g
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR 'Extraordinary' New York Times 'Remarkable' Observer 'Heartfelt' Guardian Theo Byrne is a promising young scientist who has found a way to search for life on other planets dozens of light years away. He is also the widowed father of a most unusual nine-year-old. His son Robin is funny, loving and filled with plans. He thinks and feels deeply, adores animals and can spend hours painting elaborate pictures. But after a violent outburst from Robin at school, the strength of their close bond will be tested to its limits... What can a father do, when those around him refuse to understand his rare and troubled child And how can he reveal to his boy the truth about our beautiful, bewildered world
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.