The Echo Maker by Richard Powers Paperback Book

Description: The Echo Maker by Richard Powers From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory, an intense, thrilling novel about a near fatal accident and its devastating consequences.On a winter night, Mark Schluters truck turns over in a near-fatal accident. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description From the Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Overstory, an intense, thrilling novel about a near fatal accident and its devastating consequencesFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory, an intense, thrilling novel about a near fatal accident and its devastating consequences.On a winter night, Mark Schluters truck turns over in a near-fatal accident. His sister, Karin, returns reluctantly to their hometown to look after him. But when he finally awakes from his coma, Mark believes that Karin - who looks, acts, and sounds just like his sister - is really an identical impostor.Shattered by her brothers behaviour, Karin contacts neuroscientist Dr Gerald Weber. But what Weber discovers in Mark begins to undermine even his own sense of self. Meanwhile, Mark, armed only with a note left by an anonymous witness, attempts to learn what really happened. The truth of that evening will change the lives of all three beyond recognition.Winner of the National Book Award for FictionA psychological thriller, a flawed love story, a study of authenticity in emotions, a commentary on Americas relations with itself and the world, humanity and ecology... undoubtedly magnificent The Times Notes From the author of The Time Of Our Singing, which has sold 34,000 copies to date, this follows a 27 year old man as he experiences a near fatal accident and falls into a coma. When he awakes, hes convinced his sister is an impostor and cannot remember how the accident happened. Comparable to other great American writers such as Delillo, Pynchon and Roth. Among his most stunning yet: profound and heartbreaking Financial Times 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 Among his most stunning yet: profound and heartbreaking * Financial Times *A psychological thriller, a flawed love story, a study of authenticity in emotions, a commentary on Americas relations with itself and the world, humanity and ecollogy... undoubtedly magnificent * The Times *Theres no other way to say it: Richard Powers is a genius * Time Out *An exhilarating narrative feat... He is a formidable talent, and this is a lucid, fiercely entertaining novel -- Sebastian Faulks * Washington Post *Richard Powers is the most intellectually stimulating novelist at work in the English language today...[He writes] luminous prose. Sentence after sentence has the razor-sharp quality of aphorism about the weird wired world we have made * Sunday Times * Promotional From the Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Overstory, an intense, thrilling novel about a near fatal accident and its devastating consequences Review Text Among his most stunning yet: profound and heartbreaking Review Quote Among his most stunning yet: profound and heartbreaking Promotional "Headline" From the Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Overstory , an intense, thrilling novel about a near fatal accident and its devastating consequences Details ISBN0099506025 Author Richard Powers Pages 576 ISBN-10 0099506025 ISBN-13 9780099506027 Format Paperback Imprint Vintage Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Birth 1957 Media Book Short Title ECHO MAKER Residence IL, US Publisher Vintage Publishing UK Release Date 2008-02-07 Year 2008 Publication Date 2008-02-07 AU Release Date 2008-02-07 NZ Release Date 2008-02-07 Alternative 9781448181049 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:14732155;

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