EAN: 9781785152641

BEWILDERMENT - RICHARD POWERS KARTONIERT (TB)

THE BRAND NEW NOVEL FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING  BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE
OVERSTORY 'It changed how I thought about the Earth and our place in it. . . . It changed how I
see things and that's always  for me  a mark of a book worth reading.' Barack Obama on The
Overstory 'Really  just one of the best novels  period.' Ann Patchett on The Overstory
'Breathtaking.' Barbara Kingsolver on The Overstory _________________________ Picked as one of
the 'Best Books of 2021' in the Sunday Times Theo Byrne is a promising young astrobiologist 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. He is also on the verge of being expelled from third grade  for smashing his friend's
face with a metal thermos. What can a father do  when the only solution offered to his rare and
troubled boy is to put him on psychoactive drugs? What can he say when his boy comes to him
wanting an explanation for a world that is clearly in love with its own destruction? The only
thing for it is to take the boy to other planets  while all the while fostering his son's
desperate campaign to help save this one. _________________________ 'The best book I've read in
10 years. A remarkable piece of literature ... a lodestone.' Emma Thompson on The Overstory
'Radical and exciting.' Jessie Burton on The Overstory 'A remarkable piece of fiction.' New
York Times on The Overstory 'An extraordinary novel.' Guardian on The Overstory

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