Richard Powers on Bewilderment | 5x15

One of the greatest storytellers of our time, the Booker Prize 2021 shortlisted author of Bewilderment and The Overstory explores the meaning of life on Earth. At the heart of Bewilderment lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet?
Few works of fiction have the power to change who we are and how we conceive our place in the universe - but Richard Powers Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning masterpiece The Overstory is one. For Barack Obama, Powers ‘changed how I thought about the Earth and our place in it’.
Now, after a year in which global events have illustrated Powers’ concern with the fragility, interconnectedness and preciousness of human life and nature with more poignancy than anyone dared to imagine, he joins us for a conversation recorded in London in October 2021 with Rosie Boycott of 5x15, to explore the themes of his Booker Prize shortlisted new novel, Bewilderment.
Don’t miss this rare chance to dive into a masterpiece of imaginative storytelling from one of the most distinguished and lauded authors of our age.
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[@spexi513]

I’ve read so many books in my 42 years and cannot recall one that was able to capture all my hopes fears and dreams - my soul, tbh- more so than this. I don’t take my reviews lightly & have to say this is my absolute new favorite and I want to clutch it to my heart and carry it everywhere, literally and metaphorically 💚 🌏 💚

[@jylyhughes5085]

Superb book. Thank you Richard ..... the reader/writer connection surely is a religious one!