Waiting on Wednesdays is the brainchild of Jill at Breaking the Spine, and because Jill isn’t hosting it any more, I’m now linking up with Can’t Wait Wednesday at Wishful Endings. Stop over there and link up your “Can’t Wait” book of the week!
Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’ve ever feature a Richard Powers book as a Waiting on Wednesday pick, but now I’ve done just that! Richard Powers is a literary fiction heavy-hitter, but this time he’s venturing into speculative fiction, it seems. Check it out:
The Overstory unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fable that range from antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. An air force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies, and is sent back into life by creatures of air and light. A hearing-and speech-impaired scientist discovers that trees are communicating with one another. These and five other strangers, each summoned in different ways by trees, are brought together in a last and violent stand to save the continent’s few remaining acres of virgin forest. There is a world alongside ours—vast, slow, interconnected, resourceful, magnificently inventive, and almost invisible to us. This is the story of a handful of people who learn how to see that world and who are drawn up into its unfolding catastrophe.
The Overstory: A Novel by Richard Powers. Releases in April 2018 from W.W. Norton & Company. I love that these interlocking stories all revolve around trees, and since it’s been quite a long time since I’ve read anything by Powers, I’m going to add this to my TBR:-)
Let me know what you’re waiting for this week:-D
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“Interlocking stories that revolve around trees” – sounds weird and cool! You always feature interesting books I’d never heard of. I hope you enjoy this book when you get the chance to read it!
Have a wonderful day, Tammy. =)
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Thanks Alyssa!
This sounds kind of crazy to me but I really hope you love it!
Barb (boxermommyreads) recently posted…Can’t Wait Wednesday (124)
Ha ha, crazy is a good description. Definitely my type of crazy:-)
I don’t think I’ve read anything by this author but I’ve heard about him, especially after winning the National Book Award. Definitely an intriguing concept. Hope you enjoy it!
Bonnie @ For the Love of Words recently posted…Waiting on Wednesday – The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch
I’m curious to see how he does speculative fiction:-)
It sounds like it will be really good and an interesting read. 🙂 Nice pick
Thanks Jenea:-D
I’m not sure it’s my type of story, but it does sound very intriguing! Love the cover as well. You can check out my Wednesday post in the link below!
Lisa Mandina (Lisa Loves Literature) recently posted…Can’t Wait Wednesday #29: Mapping the Bones by Jane Yolen
I love this cover too, and I’m hoping the story is just as good.
Ooo… this one sounds amazing. I love fractured narrative stories – I look forward to hearing how you get on with this one, Tammy:)
sjhigbee recently posted…While the Morning Stars Sing
Me too! And Powers is such an accomplished writer, I’m sure he’s going to deliver big time:-)
Sounds really cool, and that cover is perfect for the story imo, based on what it describes!
Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum recently posted…Waiting on Wednesday 09/20/17
I love the cover too, it’s more of a literary style than speculative, but that makes sense for this author.
Oh wow, what an unusual, epic and compelling book. It sounds so magical too. I’m looking forward to your review, Tammy.
Yes, very unusual, right? I’m so intrigued and I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy:-)
A rather unusual plot but it definitely has grabbed my attention. I’m definitely going to check this one out further. Thanks for the heads up. Hope you enjoy this book!
Renee ~ My CWW
I am definitely drawn to unusual plots, so I’m hoping this turns out to be really good:-)
I like the cover – looks so soft and round. Hope you´ll enjoy your pick. Sorry for my belated comment.
Best wishes
Vi @Inkvotary
I think this would be my type of crazy too tbh. Sounds really intriguing.
Lynn 😀