Produkt
KlappentextFour lives are drawn together in a sweeping, panoramic new novel from Richard Powers, showcasing the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory 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 on 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. They meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia, whose deposits of phosphorus once helped to 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 greenlight the project or turn the seasteaders away. Set 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.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-324-08603-1
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
FormatGenäht
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum24.09.2024
Seiten400 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 163 mm, Höhe 236 mm, Dicke 30 mm
Gewicht676 g
Artikel-Nr.61337339
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GenreRomane Hardcover