Playground
Book description
A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory and Bewilderment.
Four 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…
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3 authors picked Playground as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The descriptions of the underwater diving scenes were so vivid I felt like I was there--without having to don a wetsuit or scuba gear.
Richard Powers writes books that are both entertaining and important. He comes to bring us a sense of wonder. In Playground he does for oceans what he did for forests in The Overstory. He takes four disparate lives and tells their stories, which tie together in a breathtaking and perfectly timed dance of science, humanity and awe. He does what only the truest artists can do: he makes you see the world anew.
Although the opening sags a bit, the narrative soon lifts off and the story soars, a tale intertwining AI and the future of the world’s oceans. The novel is, by turns, playful and disquieting. It is also inventive, evocative, and forward-looking.
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