{"title":"Richard Powers","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"bewilderment","title":"Bewilderment","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Powers has extraordinary gifts as a writer' GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Impressively precise in its scientific conjectures, Bewilderment is no less rich or wise in its emotionality' OBSERVER\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'He composes some of the most beautiful sentences I've ever read. I'm in awe of his talent' OPRAH WINFREY\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheo Byrne is a promising young scientist who has found a way to search for life on other planets dozens of light years away.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe 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 school for smashing his friend's face with a thermos.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat 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?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe only thing for it is to take the boy to other planets, all while fostering his son's desperate attempt to save this one. At the heart of Bewilderment lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47638027567398,"sku":"9781785152634","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/7fa5e93a-a8d3-4b0a-87f8-f2d266a46739.jpg?v=1707322379"},{"product_id":"playground","title":"playground","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE NEW NOVEL FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING, TWICE BOOKER SHORTLISTED AUTHOR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eShe had the ocean. And the ocean absorbed all her hope and excitement, all her panic and pain and love, into a place far larger than anything human.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFour lives are drawn together in a sweeping, panoramic new novel from Richard Powers, showcasing the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Overstory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e at the height of his skills. Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world’s first aqualungs. Ina Aroita grows up in naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home. Two polar opposites at an elite Chicago high school bond over a three thousand- year-old board game; Rafi Young will get lost in literature, while Todd Keane’s work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia, whose deposits of phosphorus once helped feed the world. Now the tiny atoll has been chosen for humanity’s next adventure: a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out onto the open sea. But first, the island’s residents must vote to green light the project or turn the seasteaders away.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the world’s largest ocean, this awe-filled book explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterization, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard Powers can.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for Richard Powers:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Powers has extraordinary gifts as a writer' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Impressively precise in its scientific conjectures, Bewilderment is no less rich or wise in its emotionality' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'He composes some of the most beautiful sentences I've ever read. I'm in awe of his talent' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOPRAH WINFREY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It is impossible to deny the importance of Powers's message' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Refreshing, original and moving' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEVENING STANDARD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49170450055462,"sku":"9781529154313","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/bf03e737-9ac4-432f-aafa-30c6db92c432.jpg?v=1719939570"}],"url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/collections\/richard-powers.oembed","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}