{"product_id":"orfeo-9780393349849","title":"Orfeo","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Overstory\u003c\/em\u003e, an emotionally charged novel inspired by the myth of Orpheus.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Bravo, Richard Powers, for hitting so many high notes with \u003cem\u003eOrfeo\u003c\/em\u003e and contributing to the fraction of books that really matter.\" —Heller McAlpin, NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Powers is prodigiously talented…He writes lyrical prose, has a seductive sense of wonder and is an acute observer of social life…I [was] unable to resist the emotional pull of \u003cem\u003eOrfeo\u003c\/em\u003e.\" -- Jim Holt - New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\"Powers proves, once again, that he’s a master of the novel with \u003cem\u003eOrfeo\u003c\/em\u003e, an engrossing and expansive read that is just as much a profile of a creative, obsessive man as it is an escape narrative.\" -- Elizabeth Sile - Esquire\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eOrfeo\u003c\/em\u003e is that rare novel truly deserving of the label 'lyrical.'…Powers offers a profound story whose delights are many and lasting.\" -- Harvey Freedenberg - Minneapolis Star Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eOrfeo\u003c\/em\u003e is a first-class American road novel.\" -- Scott Korb - Slate\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eOrfeo\u003c\/em\u003e benefits from the deep sympathy Powers seems to feel for the brilliant and troubled protagonist he has created…[It] establishes beyond any doubt that the novel is very much alive.\" -- Troy Jollimore - Chicago Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\"Magnificent and moving.\" -- David Ulin - Los Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\"Extraordinary…his evocations of music, let alone lost love, simply soar off the page…Once again, Richard Powers proves himself to be one of our finest novelists.\" -- Dan Cryer - Newsday\u003cbr\u003e\"Of novelists in Powers’s generation with whom he is often compared—Franzen, Vollmann, Wallace—none equals Powers’s combination of consistent production, intellectual range, formal ingenuity, and emotional effect.\" -- Tom LeClair - Christian Science Monitor\u003cbr\u003e\"Part of the fun of reading [Powers] is to see how he wriggles out of his own snares. But a greater thrill is to join with him in untangling the most urgent and confounding puzzles of our age.\" -- Nathaniel Rich - New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\"For sheer bravado in constructing sentences, few authors of contemporary fiction can surpass Powers…One of his finest yet.\" -- Ted Gioia - San Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\"Powers’ writing is complex and heady without being headachy, and his synesthetic descriptions of finding melodies in the mundane are full of their own kind of music.\" -- Entertainment Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\"Biology and music, past and present, come together in a clever, explosive resolution.\" -- Adam Kirsch - Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\"One long express-train ride to the gorgeous. And the scenery is as sublime as ever.\" -- Laura Miller - Salon","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525147828567,"sku":"9780393349849","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393349849.jpg?v=1731859416","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/orfeo-9780393349849","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}